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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346391#Comment_3463912013-01-06T05:14:06-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Horrible Warning Sihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1223
One of my greatest aims is to make Whitechapel a nexus for Desirable Information.
Memes, virals, that which makes you laugh, that which makes your bowels weep; anything found or scavenged online ...
Memes, virals, that which makes you laugh, that which makes your bowels weep; anything found or scavenged online which has no informative value: that stuff will continue to go in “Around The Net.” I’ll be updating that once every four weeks too.

This…? This is for everything else.

News Stories. Mad Science. Horrific Nature. Metaphysical madness.

Here is where we gorge ourselves on the creamy clostrum of Information. Here is where we nuzzle at the red-raw teat of the Up-To-Date Dataweb. Bring me the light of your Weird Wisdom and your New News.

(Anything of particular interest, go ahead and create new threads in this category to delve deeper.)]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346404#Comment_3464042013-01-06T10:40:31-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
Of course the old Newstrange thread had to end when it was just getting interesting"uncomfortable".
interesting"uncomfortable".]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346427#Comment_3464272013-01-06T20:16:06-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Purple Wyrmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6726
The Northern Territory News continues to report on the issues that really matter...
Lightning Blasts Boobs off Statue
Lightning Blasts Boobs off Statue]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346428#Comment_3464282013-01-06T20:28:45-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00oldhathttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75
Hard hitting journalism, that.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346456#Comment_3464562013-01-07T13:51:48-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Woodhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5205
Americans Are The Most Spied On People In World History
In a radio interview, Wall Street Journal reporter Julia Angwin (who’s been one of the best at covering the surveillance state in the ...
Americans Are The Most Spied On People In World History

In a radio interview, Wall Street Journal reporter Julia Angwin (who’s been one of the best at covering the surveillance state in the US) made a simple observation that puts much of this into context: the US surveillance regime has more data on the average American than the Stasi ever did on East Germans.

Indeed, the American government has more information on the average American than Stalin had on Russians, Hitler had on German citizens, or any other government has ever had on its people.

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346458#Comment_3464582013-01-07T13:54:00-06:002013-01-07T13:54:43-06:00Woodhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5205
IMF Officials: We Were Wrong About Austerity
Sharp spending cuts and tax increases have long played a central role in the International Monetary Fund's prescriptions for governments in financial ...
IMF Officials: We Were Wrong About Austerity

Sharp spending cuts and tax increases have long played a central role in the International Monetary Fund's prescriptions for governments in financial distress -- most recently for the struggling members of the euro area. Now, officials at the world's primary arbiter of fiscal prudence are recognizing that such austerity can do a lot more damage than previously thought.

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346482#Comment_3464822013-01-07T21:06:37-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Purple Wyrmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6726
Cameroon judge frees men jailed for 'looking gay'
A court has overturned the conviction of two men who were sentenced for five years in prison for "looking gay" and ordering Bailey's ...
Cameroon judge frees men jailed for 'looking gay'

A court has overturned the conviction of two men who were sentenced for five years in prison for "looking gay" and ordering Bailey's Irish Cream.

I'm a horrible, horrible human being - the first thing I thought on seeing this article is that Old Gregg had better steer clear of Cameroon.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346497#Comment_3464972013-01-08T09:34:13-06:002013-01-08T09:34:58-06:00oldhathttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75
Anyone else see that...bizarre Alex Jones/Piers Morgan "debate"? I'm still not convinced that the man is an actor.
I find it backwards that a guy who is defending his rights of free ...
Alex Jones/Piers Morgan "debate"? I'm still not convinced that the man is an actor.

I find it backwards that a guy who is defending his rights of free speech and gun use started a petition to deport someone for exercising the right of free speech...but then I looked Jones up and realized that logic just doesn't seem to play in to things.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346498#Comment_3464982013-01-08T09:49:34-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00256http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4827
On the other hand, Piers Morgan is a gigantic asshole. I know I always feel better when he's not in my country.
I always feel better when he's not in my country.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346500#Comment_3465002013-01-08T10:06:04-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
Alex Jones ia a nutcase on a grand scale.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346506#Comment_3465062013-01-08T11:53:50-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00lampcommanderhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4529
Atoms Reach Record Temperature, Colder than Absolute Zero
Can't be bothered to check validity as I am bedridden with superplague, but I thought it was worth sharing.
Atoms Reach Record Temperature, Colder than Absolute ZeroCan't be bothered to check validity as I am bedridden with superplague, but I thought it was worth sharing.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346533#Comment_3465332013-01-08T18:15:03-06:002013-01-08T18:16:02-06:00Purple Wyrmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6726
Whereas in Australia it's been rather hot lately...
Too hot to refuel as town bakes
It was so hot in the South Australian outback town of Oodnadatta yesterday that the local servo stopped ...
Too hot to refuel as town bakes

It was so hot in the South Australian outback town of Oodnadatta yesterday that the local servo stopped selling petrol [...] Mrs Plate said the Roadhouse couldn't serve unleaded fuel after midday because it was vapourising and wouldn't pump in the extreme heat.

Notes for Americans and other aliens... Servo = Gas Station Petrol = Gasoline 48.2 C = 118.76 F]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346536#Comment_3465362013-01-08T20:20:36-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Greasemonkeyhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4625
Oodnadatta is a bloody hellhole. Roadhouse serves fantastic steaks that hang over your plate on all sides, though.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346537#Comment_3465372013-01-08T20:41:57-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Greasemonkeyhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4625
Australia, where snakes in the baby's bed is just another Monday morning.
Australia, where snakes in the baby's bed is just another Monday morning.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346574#Comment_3465742013-01-09T11:10:25-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00256http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4827
@lamp - There's been some follow-up on that initially befuddling "Negative Temperature" story - Slashdot discussion with some good explanations, and an exploration-by-analogy.
The ...
Slashdot discussion with some good explanations, and an exploration-by-analogy.

The essence of the explanation appears to be that "negative temperature" doesn't mean "colder than absolute zero". Instead, it describes a state where adding more heat decreases entropy - which is the opposite of what happens in positive temperature systems.

Also, as is often the case in physics reporting, the buzz is attached to the wrong bit of the result; it seems that this is far from the first time that a negative temperature system has been created (the first was in 1951). Instead, what is apparently notable is the elegant experimental method used.

So: Physics not broken.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346578#Comment_3465782013-01-09T11:34:32-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00StefanJhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=961
I remember reading about negative temperatures = really hot decades ago, and meeting insane resistance from people I mentioned it too.
Before the Internet, you couldn't instantly refer to ...
Before the Internet, you couldn't instantly refer to whatever obscure article you'd read.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346583#Comment_3465832013-01-09T12:02:36-06:002013-01-09T19:51:02-06:00dorkmuffinhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6719
Yep, posted in the wrong thread. Meant to post in the Around the Net thread.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346608#Comment_3466082013-01-09T21:32:21-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Purple Wyrmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6726
Deadly disease a 'good thing' for kids, author claims
"Firstly Tina, measles don't run and catch you or hurt you… for most children it is a good thing to get measles," she says. ...
Deadly disease a 'good thing' for kids, author claims

"Firstly Tina, measles don't run and catch you or hurt you… for most children it is a good thing to get measles," she says. "Many wise people believe measles make the body stronger and more mature for the future."

If you really want an aneurism, try reading the comments section...]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346618#Comment_3466182013-01-10T03:03:21-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Foamheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8779
Greece: now twinned with Arizona, apparently.
The tourists held by Greek police as illegal migrantsGreek police have stepped up efforts to catch illegal immigrants in recent months, launching a ...
The tourists held by Greek police as illegal migrants

Greek police have stepped up efforts to catch illegal immigrants in recent months, launching a new operation to check the papers of people who look foreign. But tourists have also been picked up in the sweeps - and at least two have been badly beaten.When Korean backpacker Hyun Young Jung was stopped by a tall scruffy looking man speaking Greek on the street in central Athens he thought it might be some kind of scam, so he dismissed the man politely and continued on his way.A few moments later he was stopped again, this time by a man in uniform who asked for his documents. But as a hardened traveller he was cautious.Greece was the 16th stop in his two-year-long round-the-world trip and he'd often been warned about people dressing in fake uniforms to extract money from backpackers, so while he handed over his passport he also asked the man to show him his police ID.Instead, Jung says, he received a punch in the face.Within seconds, the uniformed man and his plainclothes partner - the man who had first approached Jung - had him down on the ground and were kicking him, according to the Korean.

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346639#Comment_3466392013-01-10T12:22:45-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Greasemonkeyhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4625
@Purple Wyrm: yeah, the Australian Vaccination Network are a bunch of moronic fuckheads. They were only just forced to change their misleading name last month, after years of masquerading as a ...
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346650#Comment_3466502013-01-10T16:07:34-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Ryan S Thomasonhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5360
@purple wyrm
Oh shitting hell, I've got so much rage at that kind of dedicated fucking stupidity
Oh wait I've found some more, it seems that UK MP's think they deserve a pay rise that's at least ...
Oh shitting hell, I've got so much rage at that kind of dedicated fucking stupidity

Oh wait I've found some more, it seems that UK MP's think they deserve a pay rise that's at least 31% higher than nearly everybody else]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346651#Comment_3466512013-01-10T16:59:37-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00johnjoneshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1052
@ Purple wyrm
Some of the comments were pretty encouraging, especially the ones from people who'd had measles and thought the author was nuts. Assuming it makes it through the filter I posted my ...
Some of the comments were pretty encouraging, especially the ones from people who'd had measles and thought the author was nuts. Assuming it makes it through the filter I posted my own comment about the book's "that which does not kill my child makes him stronger" ideas had encouraged my to sodomize my (non-existent) eight year to build his mental toughness.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346653#Comment_3466532013-01-10T17:46:49-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Greasemonkeyhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4625
Jimmy Savile was an even bigger pervert than previously suspected.
Jimmy Savile was an even bigger pervert than previously suspected.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346657#Comment_3466572013-01-10T20:16:02-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Purple Wyrmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6726
@johnjones - yeah, it got a bit better towards the end of the thread. Even better, the book has now been pulled from sale.
the book has now been pulled from sale.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346671#Comment_3466712013-01-11T08:17:36-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Peter Kellyhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3000
I don't even know what to say about this...
Gun Appreciation Day Leader: If Blacks Had Guns, They Would Not Have Been Slaves
Gun Appreciation Day Leader: If Blacks Had Guns, They Would Not Have Been Slaves]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346678#Comment_3466782013-01-11T09:46:13-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00oldhathttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75
"I think Martin Luther King, Jr. would agree with me..."
WOW.
WOW.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346682#Comment_3466822013-01-11T11:20:21-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Argoshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7792
wat
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346684#Comment_3466842013-01-11T11:57:37-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00StefanJhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=961
Oooh! Hey! I know.
Let's encourage the descendents of slaves to sue southern states and descendents of plantation owners for depriving them of their Second Amendment rights for hundreds of years!
Let's encourage the descendents of slaves to sue southern states and descendents of plantation owners for depriving them of their Second Amendment rights for hundreds of years!]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346690#Comment_3466902013-01-11T13:38:19-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Bombus Hortorushttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2485
"I think Martin Luther King, Jr. would agree with me..."
Oh sweet irony...
"I think Martin Luther King, Jr. would agree with me..."

Oh sweet irony...]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346692#Comment_3466922013-01-11T13:41:25-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Bombus Hortorushttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2485
@Greasemonkey - they had Edwina Currie (batshit Tory former health minister) on BBC News being asked if, in hindsight, putting him in a position of responsibility in relation to Broadmoor (a top ...
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346717#Comment_3467172013-01-12T07:23:51-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00johnjoneshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1052
"I think Martin Luther King, Jr. would agree with me..."
As I recall, Dr. King was a gun owner.
"I think Martin Luther King, Jr. would agree with me..."

As I recall, Dr. King was a gun owner.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346730#Comment_3467302013-01-12T12:48:38-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00celanhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5337
My hometown has its own Batman now:
Petaluma Batman helps patrol downtown streets
Petaluma Batman helps patrol downtown streets]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346748#Comment_3467482013-01-12T21:57:15-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Greasemonkeyhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4625
@JP: yeah, I caught that. Especially inexplicable given that Jimmy Savile's kiddy-fiddling wasn't much of a secret at the higher levels of society.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346753#Comment_3467532013-01-13T01:58:48-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Woodhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5205
On couchsurfing with the Taliban
Nenad is a 29-year-old self-described “couchsurfing drifter” who recently completed a five-month, 25,000km hitchhiking odyssey from his home in Serbia to China. ...
On couchsurfing with the Taliban

Nenad is a 29-year-old self-described “couchsurfing drifter” who recently completed a five-month, 25,000km hitchhiking odyssey from his home in Serbia to China. An official Couchsurfing Ambassador, he has hosted 182 guests and surfed 253 couches on three continents. On his recent trip across Asia, he was detained twice on suspicion of being a terrorist. He is also a really friendly guy. This is his story.

This guy is my new hero.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346754#Comment_3467542013-01-13T04:51:50-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Purple Wyrmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6726
The Northern Territory never fails to disappoint...
Senator suggests using rum to catch fugitive pigs
Northern Territory Senator Nigel Scullion says the key to capturing a band of rogue pigs on ...
Senator suggests using rum to catch fugitive pigs

Northern Territory Senator Nigel Scullion says the key to capturing a band of rogue pigs on the loose in Darwin is to get them drunk.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346771#Comment_3467712013-01-13T11:16:12-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Woodhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5205
In the meantimes, Glenn Beck is planning a community of his own :
On his program last night, Beck revealed that his intention to "go Galt" is quite literal, unveiling grandiose plans to ...
Glenn Beck is planning a community of his own :

On his program last night, Beck revealed that his intention to "go Galt" is quite literal, unveiling grandiose plans to create an entirely self-sustaining community called Independence Park that will provide its own food and energy, produce television and film content, host research and development, serve as a marketplace for products and ideas, while also housing a theme park and serving as a residential community.

At the center -- in the middle of the lake that is itself larger than all of Disney Land - Beck (with the help of David Barton) will create a massive "national archive"/learning center where people can send their children to be "deprogrammed" and elected officials can come to learn "the truth."

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346777#Comment_3467772013-01-13T12:23:33-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00trini_naenaehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=183
@Wood: Yes, Nenad managed something quite amazing. Kind of. He also happened to be a white male with dark hair, affording him some serious privilege. Though I'm sure the laid back personality and ...
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346798#Comment_3467982013-01-14T04:40:32-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Woodhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5205
Colin Powell: GOP Holds 'Dark Vein Of Intolerance'
In an appearance on NBC's "Meet The Press," Powell noted that there is a "dark vein of intolerance in some parts of the ...
Colin Powell: GOP Holds 'Dark Vein Of Intolerance'

In an appearance on NBC's "Meet The Press," Powell noted that there is a "dark vein of intolerance in some parts of the party.""What do I mean by that?," he explained. "What I mean by that is they still sort of look down on minorities."

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346799#Comment_3467992013-01-14T04:52:23-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00roadscumhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7712
He escaped on a stolen bulldozer, which he drove down the middle of a motorway...
He escaped on a stolen bulldozer, which he drove down the middle of a motorway...]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346809#Comment_3468092013-01-14T08:48:09-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Cat Vincenthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=447
@roadscum: This is also posted on Around The Net.. and the story is from 2010.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346812#Comment_3468122013-01-14T09:25:03-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00johnjoneshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1052
See, the least believable thing in that old story wasn't the throw puppy or the bulldozer. It was the fact that this off-his-meds, in-his-underwear dude managed to escape to his house through ...
hitchhiking.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346813#Comment_3468132013-01-14T09:27:26-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
It's Germany where FKK is king. The only eyebrow he would have raised would be he was still wearing pants.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346816#Comment_3468162013-01-14T09:33:56-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00celanhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5337
"Habitat destruction": Brazilian Bikini Waxes Make Crab Lice Endangered Species
Brazilian Bikini Waxes Make Crab Lice Endangered Species]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346822#Comment_3468222013-01-14T12:38:04-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
US drops charges against Aaron Swartz week and change after he kills himself
You fucking pricks.
US drops charges against Aaron Swartz week and change after he kills himself

You fucking pricks.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346824#Comment_3468242013-01-14T12:54:05-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00roadscumhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7712
@Cat Vincent: Ah...
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346825#Comment_3468252013-01-14T13:06:12-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00sneak046http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4574
“Up to 80 percent of certain anonymous underground forum users can be identified using linguistics, researchers say. The techniques compare user posts to track them across forums and could even ...
Linguistics identifies anonymous users - Hackers - SC Magazine Australia - Secure Business Intelligence]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346826#Comment_3468262013-01-14T13:10:14-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00sneak046http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4574
How an Internet of Drones will be Built: Think 2,400 baud
How an Internet of Drones will be Built: Think 2,400 baud]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346830#Comment_3468302013-01-14T13:58:48-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00trini_naenaehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=183
@celan: Hey, I'm all for more waxing if that means crabs will go extinct.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346839#Comment_3468392013-01-14T15:19:28-06:002013-01-14T15:22:54-06:00256http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4827
Four years after a SW:TOR forum mod declared that homosexuality did not exist in the Star Wars Universe, we've now progressed as far as... segregation: BioWare Announces Same-Sex Relationships Will ...
did not exist in the Star Wars Universe, we've now progressed as far as... segregation: BioWare Announces Same-Sex Relationships Will Be In SW:TOR Expansion - But Limited To One Planet.

Edit: Original dev blog post.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346875#Comment_3468752013-01-15T08:46:08-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Peter Kellyhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3000
A Swedish woman stole a train, and it hit an Apartment Building.
The kicker? Motive unknown but "We have only heard good things about her"
The kicker? Motive unknown but "We have only heard good things about her"]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346880#Comment_3468802013-01-15T12:24:52-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00allanahttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4019
Man, I cannot wait until low-income/low-skill workers start flipping out all the time, and exploiting all their casual access to huge machinery.
That or she just tripped over and elbowed the ...
wait until low-income/low-skill workers start flipping out all the time, and exploiting all their casual access to huge machinery.

That or she just tripped over and elbowed the "go real fast" switch.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346895#Comment_3468952013-01-16T00:55:44-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Greasemonkeyhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4625
Conspiracy arseholes claim Sandy Hook school shooting was a government-staged hoax
Conspiracy arseholes claim Sandy Hook school shooting was a government-staged hoax]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346909#Comment_3469092013-01-16T11:04:43-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Foamheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8779
'Plaza de Joe Strummer'Punk rocker Joe Strummer is to have a city square named after him in Spain following a Facebook campaign.
More than 2,000 residents of Granada, where The Clash frontman became ...
'Plaza de Joe Strummer'

Punk rocker Joe Strummer is to have a city square named after him in Spain following a Facebook campaign.More than 2,000 residents of Granada, where The Clash frontman became a frequent visitor, signed a petition calling for him to be honoured.City hall officials agreed to the proposals and a square in the area is to be renamed Plaza de Joe Strummer.

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346911#Comment_3469112013-01-16T11:22:38-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
Sandy Hook conspiracy bastards harassing guy who sheltered some of the kids after the shooting
Sandy Hook conspiracy bastards harassing guy who sheltered some of the kids after the shooting]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346940#Comment_3469402013-01-17T00:50:48-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Kay Orchisonhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10078
Donate your poo - the day is coming
Donate your poo - the day is coming]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346942#Comment_3469422013-01-17T02:36:12-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00tapheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2284
A short film about the Salton Sea:
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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346946#Comment_3469462013-01-17T04:24:45-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00curbhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1334
This sort of makes me proud to be British, and also reminds me of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ...
A protester who tunnelled under a road building site was allowed out overnight by ...
A protester who tunnelled under a road building site was allowed out overnight by security staff, only to return underground the following morning.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346951#Comment_3469512013-01-17T05:46:48-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Peter Kellyhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3000
Almost tempted to put this in the around the net thread, but it is a actual news story so here it is...
Man dies, pooping between cars in NY subway
Shitty way to die.
Man dies, pooping between cars in NY subway

Shitty way to die.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346957#Comment_3469572013-01-17T08:02:01-06:002013-01-17T08:02:27-06:00Vornaskottihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6665
As someone who rarely just shuts the fuck up, this is a pretty good article about this facet of Finnish culture. Also, someone said that translating "olla omissa oloissaan" to English is ...

'“It is difficult to explain concepts such as 'positive' and 'active' silence to foreigners,” muses Michael Berry.'

Finnish silence can be golden, says American expert]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=346964#Comment_3469642013-01-17T09:49:08-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Woodhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5205
Westboro Baptist Is Officially Terrified Of Anonymous
Westboro has never backed down from anything to our knowledge, but they recently pulled out of their planned picket of Reddit co-founder and ...
Westboro Baptist Is Officially Terrified Of Anonymous

Westboro has never backed down from anything to our knowledge, but they recently pulled out of their planned picket of Reddit co-founder and Internet activist Aaron Swartz’s funeral. Why? Because Anonymous apparently threatened them, and after causing them all sorts of “financial difficulties,” WBC apparently listened.

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347001#Comment_3470012013-01-17T17:52:14-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Foamheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8779
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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347004#Comment_3470042013-01-17T18:57:00-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Argoshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7792
Man, I need to hang out with more Finns. My ex actually got into an argument with me once when we were driving from San Diego to San Francisco because I wasn't being talkative. He said he felt like ...
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347031#Comment_3470312013-01-18T12:12:56-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
Guard hired by school after Sandy Hook shooting leaves his hand gun behind in the bathroom.
Guns are totally the answer, guys. Totally.
Guard hired by school after Sandy Hook shooting leaves his hand gun behind in the bathroom.

Guns are totally the answer, guys. Totally.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347039#Comment_3470392013-01-18T14:34:49-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00celanhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5337
@Argos
I'm sure Whitechapel is capable of whipping up some sort of "Adopt a Finn" program...
I'm sure Whitechapel is capable of whipping up some sort of "Adopt a Finn" program...]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347046#Comment_3470462013-01-18T16:23:18-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00256http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4827
Re: The Silence Of Finns - interesting article! (I feel like it's almost not-in-the-spirit-of-things reply to it)
I think it's fair to say that the idea of "positive silence" isn't ...
I think it's fair to say that the idea of "positive silence" isn't completely unknown in English-speaking cultures. Consider the phrase "companionable silence" which, per a quick Google ngram has a good fraction of the currency in English that (as an example) the negative "awkward silence" does.

(I used the long timescale because I had a feeling that the phrase was a more old fashioned one - totally wrong! An interesting finding.)]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347048#Comment_3470482013-01-18T16:36:32-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00tapheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2284
It's -8°F over here right now, so if anyone ANYWHERE feels like adopting a Finn right now, I'm up for grabs.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347049#Comment_3470492013-01-18T16:40:00-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
@Taphead have you seen the pic I put up in the 'net thread. You're not on Kökar then?
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347050#Comment_3470502013-01-18T16:57:52-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00tapheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2284
I did indeed, and I'm thankfully not on the archipegalo, even without the typo. Those islands get mad desolate.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347053#Comment_3470532013-01-18T17:53:35-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00dorkmuffinhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6719
Did someone say adopt a Finn?

Did someone say adopt a Finn?]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347057#Comment_3470572013-01-18T20:51:02-06:002013-01-18T20:52:03-06:00Argoshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7792
Nooo I have dibs on the Finns! I need a silence buddy. :P
Maybe we can set up a rotating schedule and then Taphead can go on a US tour.
Maybe we can set up a rotating schedule and then Taphead can go on a US tour.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347062#Comment_3470622013-01-19T00:10:09-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Vornaskottihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6665
Hay Taphead, you could start offering international comfortable silence services on the vein of this:
Snuggle with a ‘Professional Cuddler’ for $60 an Hour
Snuggle with a ‘Professional Cuddler’ for $60 an Hour]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347071#Comment_3470712013-01-19T03:52:30-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Foamheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8779
I doubt I'm alone in thinking this but Finwonderland sounds like my mother's very own personal circle of hell. She'd either end-up going on a killing spree because nobody would let her talk at them ...
wonderland sounds like my mother's very own personal circle of hell. She'd either end-up going on a killing spree because nobody would let her talk at them or, more likely, mentally implode after being forced to confront the sounds of her own thoughts for the first time.

Me? I've added it at #2 on my where-to-go-when-I-get-the-fuck-out-of-Britain list.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347079#Comment_3470792013-01-19T07:46:49-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00city creedhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4530
I spent a little time in Helsinki a few years back and I'm always kinda mystified by the "angry mute" stereotype of Finns. Everyone we met was warm and friendly and cheerful - we were ...
It was summertime though.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347083#Comment_3470832013-01-19T10:10:58-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Woodhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5205
And so it starts...

And so it starts...]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347103#Comment_3471032013-01-20T04:44:28-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Woodhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5205
5 people shot at 3 different gun shows on Gun Appreciation Day
Well, they never said it would be gun safety day...
5 people shot at 3 different gun shows on Gun Appreciation Day

Well, they never said it would be gun safety day...]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347104#Comment_3471042013-01-20T05:04:40-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Michael Nimmohttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5422
So this was a good idea from the BBC - CBeebies apologises for Tweenies Jimmy Savile spoof
CBeebies apologises for Tweenies Jimmy Savile spoof]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347111#Comment_3471112013-01-20T08:08:43-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Flabyohttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306
To be fair to the BBC, the episode was made 12 years ago. And I doubt anyone pays much attention to the repeats schedule of a kids series that much. And I suspect if it wasn't for the Daily Mail ...
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347113#Comment_3471132013-01-20T08:25:16-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
http://www.completegenomics.net/adventurous-woman-needed-as-surrogate-for-neanderthal-baby/
http://www.completegenomics.net/adventurous-woman-needed-as-surrogate-for-neanderthal-baby/]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347127#Comment_3471272013-01-20T14:21:44-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Flabyohttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306
Ad firm in Japan has decided to monetize schoolgirl thighs...
This does strike me as possibly being a PR stunt rather than a real thing though.
Ad firm in Japan has decided to monetize schoolgirl thighs...

This does strike me as possibly being a PR stunt rather than a real thing though.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347136#Comment_3471362013-01-21T00:19:45-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Foamheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8779
'Quadruple helix' DNA seen in human cells
Unfortunately, it doesn't mean the real life X-Men are coming, just cancer (possibly).Cambridge University scientists say they have seen four-stranded DNA ...
'Quadruple helix' DNA seen in human cells

Unfortunately, it doesn't mean the real life X-Men are coming, just cancer (possibly).

Cambridge University scientists say they have seen four-stranded DNA at work in human cells for the first time.The famous "molecule of life", which carries our genetic code, is more familiar to us as a double helix.But researchers tell the journal Nature Chemistry that the "quadruple helix" is also present in our cells, and often in functions related to cancer.They suggest that control of the structures could provide novel ways to fight the disease.

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347198#Comment_3471982013-01-22T14:15:27-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Greasemonkeyhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4625
Chinese territorial aggression may draw the US into a Pacific war
Chinese territorial aggression may draw the US into a Pacific war]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347213#Comment_3472132013-01-22T20:57:20-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00magnusisasillynamehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10358
Indian man wins at bling
Indian man wins at bling

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347214#Comment_3472142013-01-23T01:38:10-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Foamheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8779
Forget the bling. That guy's a winner thanks to his moustache alone.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347221#Comment_3472212013-01-23T06:07:05-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00tapheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2284
So, Netanyahu's likud still is in the lead in Israel, although with a narrow margin.
A quick reminder about demographics:
A quick reminder about demographics:

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347223#Comment_3472232013-01-23T06:42:37-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00tapheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2284
And also, I'm still up for that adoption.
HALP
(And yeah, at least Helsinki tends to be pretty friendly and talkative, and ESPECIALLY in the summer with those happy drunken park parties ...

HALP

(And yeah, at least Helsinki tends to be pretty friendly and talkative, and ESPECIALLY in the summer with those happy drunken park parties going on all over, but once you get out to the sticks things can get a little morose. Especially if there's a language barrier...)]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347265#Comment_3472652013-01-23T22:02:18-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Brendan McGinleyhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=93
You want space mining? Oh boy, you've got your space mining.
you've got your space mining.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347272#Comment_3472722013-01-24T03:41:38-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Woodhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5205
Oh, and that Neandertal cloning thing that was posted here earlier ? That's not happening. Apparently, it was an error in translation.
Geneticist Does Not Seek Woman to Give Birth to Cloned ...
Geneticist Does Not Seek Woman to Give Birth to Cloned Caveman Baby

He blames a mistake in an article he says was written off an interview in the German magazine Der Spiegel, badly misinterpreting what he said — that such a cloning might theoretically be possible someday — and arriving at the conclusion that he was actively looking for a woman to bear a cave baby with DNA scavenged from ancient Neanderthal bones. He suggested poor translation skills may be part of the problem.

“I’m certainly not advocating it,” Church said. “I’m saying, if it is technically possible someday, we need to start talking about it today.”

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347285#Comment_3472852013-01-24T09:53:23-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
Now might not be the best time to visit South Africa. Aside from flooding they've got a bit of an alligator problem going on to the tune of about 15,000 of the beasties released from a farm.
What ...
15,000 of the beasties released from a farm.

What size farm do you have to have in order to house that many alligators? Jesus.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347286#Comment_3472862013-01-24T10:01:39-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
American pro-life conservatives reach to a new fucking low in New Mexico by putting forward a law criminilizing the abortion of pregnancies from rape, slapping the victims with a three-year prison ...
American pro-life conservatives reach to a new fucking low in New Mexico by putting forward a law criminilizing the abortion of pregnancies from rape, slapping the victims with a three-year prison sentence for "tampering with evidence."

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347322#Comment_3473222013-01-25T01:18:08-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
http://jezebel.com/5978289/male-german-soldiers-are-growing-breasts
http://jezebel.com/5978289/male-german-soldiers-are-growing-breasts]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347399#Comment_3473992013-01-27T01:46:48-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Woodhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5205
Antigua Government Set to Launch “Pirate” Website To Punish United States
Antigua and Barbuda is a small country in the Caribbean that for years had a flourishing gambling industry.
A few ...
Antigua Government Set to Launch “Pirate” Website To Punish United States

Antigua and Barbuda is a small country in the Caribbean that for years had a flourishing gambling industry.

A few years ago 5% of all Antiguans worked at gambling related companies. However, when the U.S. prevented the island from accessing their market the industry collapsed.

“What was once a multi-billion dollar industry in our country, employing almost 5% of our population has now shrunk to virtually nothing,” Antigua’s High Commissioner to London, Carl Roberts, said previously.

Hoping to rebuild the gambling business Antigua filed a dispute at the World Trade Organization (WTO), which they won.

In 2005 the WTO ruled that the US refusal to let Antiguan gambling companies access their market violated free-trade, as domestic companies were allowed to operate freely. In 2007 the WTO went a step further and granted Antigua the right to suspend U.S. copyrights up to $21 million annually.

TorrentFreak is informed by a source close to Antigua’s Government that the country now plans to capitalize on this option. The authorities want to launch a website selling U.S. media to customers worldwide, without compensating the makers.

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347408#Comment_3474082013-01-27T06:32:41-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00trini_naenaehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=183
@taphead: I finally watched that video, and I think some people in your country are deeply insane.
@Steve Toase: For some reason when I was falling asleep last night I thought of that article, and ...
@Steve Toase: For some reason when I was falling asleep last night I thought of that article, and realized that the rifle/chest slapping could be a new form of breast augmentation. I'm waiting for a workout craze that helps one grow bigger boobs. (Not for me though. I like my small tits.)]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347421#Comment_3474212013-01-27T10:49:15-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Bombus Hortorushttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2485
Giant amphibious vehicles removed from Portsmouth
I loved driving past these. I has a sad.
Giant amphibious vehicles removed from Portsmouth

I loved driving past these. I has a sad.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347427#Comment_3474272013-01-27T11:58:28-06:002013-01-27T11:58:56-06:00Woodhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5205
Remember that Mongolian dinosaur that caused quite a stir last year when it was put on auction and paleontologists, backed by the Mongolian government claimed it was illegally obtained and ...
Here's a lengthy article about it by the New Yorker : Bones of Contention. Well worth a read.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347428#Comment_3474282013-01-27T12:24:40-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00celanhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5337
From the Dept. of Ewwww: Forget Me Knot ring by Sruli Recht
Iceland-based fashion designer Sruli Recht had a slice of skin surgically removed from his own belly to make this ring.
Forget Me Knot ring by Sruli Recht

Iceland-based fashion designer Sruli Recht had a slice of skin surgically removed from his own belly to make this ring.

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347451#Comment_3474512013-01-28T03:56:13-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Foamheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8779
'Quantum smell' idea gains groundA controversial theory that the way we smell involves a quantum physics effect has received a boost, following experiments with human subjects.
It challenges the ...
'Quantum smell' idea gains ground

A controversial theory that the way we smell involves a quantum physics effect has received a boost, following experiments with human subjects.It challenges the notion that our sense of smell depends only on the shapes of molecules we sniff in the air.Instead, it suggests that the molecules' vibrations are responsible.

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347463#Comment_3474632013-01-28T10:17:47-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
People may or may not be resorting to cannibalism in North Korea.
People may or may not be resorting to cannibalism in North Korea.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347471#Comment_3474712013-01-28T13:17:36-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00256http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4827
Iran Claims Monkey Launched Into Space (AP, via CBC)
Note that this was apparently a suborbital lob (like Alan Shepard's 1961 first-American-in-space flight), which is a somewhat lesser ...
Iran Claims Monkey Launched Into Space (AP, via CBC)

Disappointingly, Iranian state television did not disclose the monkey's name.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347563#Comment_3475632013-01-29T19:49:17-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Purple Wyrmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6726
Man shot, killed after pulling into wrong driveway
Police say a 69-year-old suburban Atlanta man faces a murder charge after authorities say he shot and killed a 22-year-old man who had pulled ...
Man shot, killed after pulling into wrong driveway

Police say a 69-year-old suburban Atlanta man faces a murder charge after authorities say he shot and killed a 22-year-old man who had pulled into his driveway.

Best bits? The victim was already pulling out of the driveway when shot, and the shooter "assumed the young man arrived for a home invasion".]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347569#Comment_3475692013-01-30T01:50:58-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Foamheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8779
eep
eep

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347581#Comment_3475812013-01-30T09:17:17-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Argoshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7792
good lord! That's amazing. I'm always fascinated by sports that make people look tiny: surfing big waves and climbing huge rock faces.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347606#Comment_3476062013-01-30T17:41:54-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Greasemonkeyhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4625
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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347613#Comment_3476132013-01-30T19:35:26-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Seantaclaushttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6498
@Foamhead - Is that the 100 foot tall wave surfing guy? I haven't read the article yet, but I saw the headline somewhere in the last day or two.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347614#Comment_3476142013-01-30T19:57:14-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Greasemonkeyhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4625
Hundreds of letters of complaint about TSA procedures released under Freedom Of Information Act.
Hundreds of letters of complaint about TSA procedures released under Freedom Of Information Act.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347620#Comment_3476202013-01-31T01:06:10-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Flabyohttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306
@Sean - yup, off the coast of Portugal.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347622#Comment_3476222013-01-31T01:18:15-06:002013-01-31T01:23:20-06:00Foamheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8779
@Seantaclaus: Yup. There's a bowel-clearing video with the article, too.
Acherlly, here it is...
(Bear with it - the first 10 seconds only show that initial image.)
Although not everyone ...
Acherlly, here it is...

(Bear with it - the first 10 seconds only show that initial image.)

Although not everyone is impressed:

“Talk about a mush burger,” he [an observer at Surfer magazine's forum on the topic] said, referring to the way McNamara stayed on the safe shoulder of the wave, which didn't break properly anyway.Earlier this month Hawaiian Shane Dorian and a couple of European big-wave specialists rode the same beach, in slightly smaller conditions, but without the aid of jetskis.

Honestly, you just can't please some people.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347664#Comment_3476642013-01-31T18:36:20-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00trini_naenaehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=183
Really?
Pastor stiffs a waitress with shitty note on receipt, and the all the things that happened afterwords.
What a cheap asshole!
Pastor stiffs a waitress with shitty note on receipt, and the all the things that happened afterwords.

His suspicions were aroused when he noticed an unusual odour emanating from her private parts and, fearing she was unwell, took her to hospital.

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347708#Comment_3477082013-02-01T09:14:58-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Flabyohttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306
MIssing property tycoon turns up 8 months after going missing, wandering the countryside with an 'insult' carved into the back of his head.
There's a hell of a story here I'm sure once the guy has ...
MIssing property tycoon turns up 8 months after going missing, wandering the countryside with an 'insult' carved into the back of his head.

There's a hell of a story here I'm sure once the guy has recovered enough to be able to tell it...]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347720#Comment_3477202013-02-01T11:14:59-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00cardohttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8379
^ Dragon Tattoo anyone?
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347721#Comment_3477212013-02-01T11:16:56-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
Wouldn't be surprised if the the insult is something like "twat".
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347728#Comment_3477282013-02-01T13:32:54-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Oddculthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=214
It was apparently 'thief'.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347729#Comment_3477292013-02-01T14:19:45-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
That's appropriate too I guess.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347757#Comment_3477572013-02-02T06:35:36-06:002013-02-02T06:36:09-06:00Flabyohttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306
I really don't understand how the cult of celebrity works in Japan, but even given that, occasionally something happens that makes me scratch my head...
something happens that makes me scratch my head...]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347772#Comment_3477722013-02-02T15:12:36-06:002013-02-02T15:12:49-06:00Oxbrowhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=894
Planning revealed for a 3D printed MOON BASE.
Planning revealed for a 3D printed MOON BASE.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347828#Comment_3478282013-02-04T03:14:58-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Foamheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8779
UK Police meet the original Day of the Jackal.
Inquiry call after Police spies stole identities of dead childrenBritain's largest police force stole the identities of an estimated 80 dead children ...
Inquiry call after Police spies stole identities of dead children

Britain's largest police force stole the identities of an estimated 80 dead children and issued fake passports in their names for use by undercover police officers.The Metropolitan police secretly authorised the practice for covert officers infiltrating protest groups without consulting or informing the children's parents.

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347830#Comment_3478302013-02-04T06:26:19-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00johnjoneshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1052
@ Foamhead
I get the disgust over using dead kids' identities, but the complaint that the kids' parents weren't told seems a bit ridiculous. I mean... "Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair? Yes, ...
I get the disgust over using dead kids' identities, but the complaint that the kids' parents weren't told seems a bit ridiculous. I mean... "Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair? Yes, we'd like to borrow your child's identity to have one of our men go undercover to check for potential terrorism. So, if you say yes to this, please don't talk about it as it might get our man beheaded on You-tube. Thank you." Either don't use real dead kids or do like they did and don't tell anyone about it.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347833#Comment_3478332013-02-04T08:32:19-06:002013-02-04T08:37:30-06:00Doc Ocassihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=410
What exactly were the police doing with these identities, infiltrating environmental/anti-fascist organisations. the fact that the police are looking into organisations like that, worries me a lot ...
Just to head off the whole terrorism thing, the current line on giving up our liberty and freedom from suspiscion, for security against this perceived threat is bullshit, as well as the perceived threat, there are many well informed quotes around that topic. Why don't we stop being imperialist, why don't we demand our government stop being imperialist?

Another from the 29C3. Crossing the pond, lets have a look at a 'turnkey' state, it starts a half hour in for some reason. 29C3 - Enemies of the State

Re' the Japan Idol shaming.I am reminded of 'A Perverts Guide to Cinema' IIRC where Slavoj talks about the Female never getting to have the career and family, there is a distinct choice between one OR the other, but Males can have the relationships and the career, the japan Idol industry has managed to encase this sexism in contract law. Well done.

There is more I hate about the world, but I have work to do.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347836#Comment_3478362013-02-04T09:15:34-06:002013-02-04T09:17:59-06:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
@johnjones I see your point, but this was the police investigating hippies protesting about road building not MI6 going into deep cover in Afghanistan. The boundaries crossed by these teams to ...
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347857#Comment_3478572013-02-04T18:29:23-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00johnjoneshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1052
@ Steve Toase
Oh, I agree with you on those points. A glance through of this indicates that some paranoid asshats sent cops undercover to dig up dirt. At which point the cops noted there was ...
Oh, I agree with you on those points. A glance through of this indicates that some paranoid asshats sent cops undercover to dig up dirt. At which point the cops noted there was nothing interesting (in a legal sense) occurring and decided to bang some hippie chicks on the government's dime. The whole program seems foolish, wasteful and intrusive. The thing that had struck was the note of outrage that the parents of the dead kids weren't informed, like that was the thing that put this beyond the pale. Not the identity theft, infiltration, privacy violation and sex through fraud, but the not telling the parents.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347880#Comment_3478802013-02-05T10:41:15-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00256http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4827
GIMPS Discover Largest Known Prime Number.
The 48th known Mersenne prime is a 17,425,170-digit number, equal to 257,885,161-1 (that is; two to the power 57,885,161, minus one).
GIMPS Discover Largest Known Prime Number.

The 48th known Mersenne prime is a 17,425,170-digit number, equal to 257,885,161-1 (that is; two to the power 57,885,161, minus one).]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347887#Comment_3478872013-02-05T12:14:43-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00curbhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1334
House of Commons votes to legalise same sex marriage. And about time, too! :)
House of Commons votes to legalise same sex marriage. And about time, too! :)]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347890#Comment_3478902013-02-05T12:49:27-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Bombus Hortorushttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2485
@curb... politicians do something right for once? Bloody hell... even my Tory mp voted in favour, might actually email him to say well done, given that he's probably being bombarded with hate mail by ...
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347891#Comment_3478912013-02-05T12:53:05-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00curbhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1334
I know, it's a little conflicting right? Maybe a 'well done, but I'm WATCHING YOU PAL' email is in order.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347894#Comment_3478942013-02-05T13:06:47-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Timbohttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7846
@jones and @toase the bad thing here is that the police were being used by the the labour government to protect the interests of corporations rather than the tax paying public (whilst getting their ...
Christ I sound like a daily mail reader]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347895#Comment_3478952013-02-05T13:07:03-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Flabyohttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306
My MP didn't vote. She never votes when anything to do with gay rights comes up. At least she doesn't vote against I suppose.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347908#Comment_3479082013-02-05T15:02:54-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Cat Vincenthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=447
@jones, @totse et al: One of those "hippy chicks" is a friend of mine. Another friend considered Mark Kennedy one of his closest mates until his cover was blown. The kid's identity part is ...
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347909#Comment_3479092013-02-05T15:12:54-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
@Cat I know some people who were in a couple of the Leeds groups infiltrated. I have a very low opinion of the officers involved in this type of work. The fact that infiltration often weakens the ...
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347915#Comment_3479152013-02-05T21:35:56-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Woodhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5205
I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but I think it's an useful bit of information.
Did you know that if you travel to India you should call your bank first? Some debit cards, ...
Did you know that if you travel to India you should call your bank first? Some debit cards, even international ones, like Visa and suchlike, are blocked for India and other "risk countries" by default and your bank needs to remove those restrictions so you can use the cards. Your banker might not know about this, so you might need to insist and tell him to call the service in charge of debit cards. This might save you a day of worry and several international calls while you're there.

That being said, the weather in Bombay is just fine.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347923#Comment_3479232013-02-05T23:49:53-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Foamheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8779
re: The UK Gay Marriage vote: I like this quote on the subject, which cuts through most of his colleagues' bullshit and sums it up pretty nicely.
Nick Herbert, Conservative - "If marriage ...
Nick Herbert, Conservative - "If marriage hadn't been re-defined in 1836, there wouldn't be any civil marriages; if it hadn't been re-defined in 1949, under 16-year-olds would still be able to get married; if it hadn't been re-defined in 1969, we wouldn't have today's divorce laws - and all of these changes were opposed. I know that the signal we send today about whether the law fully recognises the place of gay people in our society will really matter. Above all, I think of two people, faithful and loving, who simply want their commitment to be recognised, as it is for straight couples, and that in the end is what this bill is about."]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347941#Comment_3479412013-02-06T13:04:47-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Cat Vincenthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=447
@Toase - Small world. You know Merrick?
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347942#Comment_3479422013-02-06T13:24:37-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
@Cat No, a guy called Isaac who's now in Vietnam, I think.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=347947#Comment_3479472013-02-06T15:07:49-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Cat Vincenthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=447
@toase - Not that small, then!
(Merrick, BTW, has been blogging about the SpyCops for quite a while.)
(Merrick, BTW, has been blogging about the SpyCops for quite a while.)]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348003#Comment_3480032013-02-07T14:48:25-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
Apparently that "beef" lasagne you Brits have been eating hasn't been.
Apparently that "beef" lasagne you Brits have been eating hasn't been.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348006#Comment_3480062013-02-07T15:51:30-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Foamheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8779
@ RenThing: Neigh, neigh and thrice neigh!
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348008#Comment_3480082013-02-07T16:00:11-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Greasemonkeyhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4625
Horse meat's pretty good, provided it's not from a clapped-out old nag.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348009#Comment_3480092013-02-07T16:02:02-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
@Foamhead
Boooooo!
Boooooo!]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348011#Comment_3480112013-02-07T16:40:06-06:002013-02-07T16:42:39-06:00Finaglehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5254
Fucked.
ONE TO TWO FEET of snow to fall over the New England area, with local amounts as high as three feet. That's a meter of snow in places. In 24 hours.

Fucked.

ONE TO TWO FEET of snow to fall over the New England area, with local amounts as high as three feet. That's a meter of snow in places. In 24 hours.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348012#Comment_3480122013-02-07T16:44:26-06:002013-02-07T16:48:20-06:00Argoshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7792
So there's an ex-LAPD officer who's running around killing people who are either currently/were/are connected to LAPD officers. Apparently he's hanging out somewhere either in or near San Diego ...
Here is his manifesto. Sad thing is, a lot of what's in there isn't even that crazy, but then he's killing innocent people. (I think so far he's killed the daughter of an LAPD officer and her fiancee, and shot a different LAPD officer).]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348027#Comment_3480272013-02-07T20:46:17-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00dorkmuffinhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6719
@Finagle.
(I miss New England.)

(I miss New England.)]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348028#Comment_3480282013-02-07T20:46:19-06:002013-02-07T20:46:42-06:00Alan Tysonhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1299
I'm not sure how I feel about the BBC's reporting on the story. While I don't sympathize with the guy (he lost the moral or ethical high ground the moment he started shooting and kidnapping ...
BBC's reporting on the story. While I don't sympathize with the guy (he lost the moral or ethical high ground the moment he started shooting and kidnapping innocents), the summary of the manifesto makes him sound a lot less lucid than the manifesto itself does (grammatical and spelling errors aside).]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348029#Comment_3480292013-02-07T20:51:41-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Argoshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7792
Yeah, his manifesto is surprisingly lucid and were it not for, you know, the shootings and the murders, I'd actually sympathize and support him.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348048#Comment_3480482013-02-08T08:29:28-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Cat Vincenthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=447
The thing about that rogue cop is that the LAPD have so far shot 4 civilians for vaguely resembling him.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348050#Comment_3480502013-02-08T08:46:16-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Argoshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7792
Which is half the reason people in SoCal have been advised not to go outdoors, and to especially not go out if they drive a truck. :|
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348051#Comment_3480512013-02-08T08:49:20-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Michael Waynehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7739
"Beat all the n******! Beat whoever you see! Don't need a reason! LAPD!" -- the Offspring
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348061#Comment_3480612013-02-08T09:36:11-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00oldhathttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75
@cat, and two who don't even resemble him.
"The problem with the situation is it looked like the police had the goal of administering street justice and in so doing, didn't take the time to ...
"The problem with the situation is it looked like the police had the goal of administering street justice and in so doing, didn't take the time to notice that these two older, small Latina women don't look like a large black man," Jonas said."

Sigh.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348064#Comment_3480642013-02-08T10:26:22-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Oddculthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=214
@Argos - yeah, got to agree with 80% of what he's written. It's even interesting that he's saying 'guys, study my brain to find out why I did this'. Which means he probably won't off himself, but is ...
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348067#Comment_3480672013-02-08T10:51:45-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00256http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4827
@Alan, Argos - I don't know about that. I've got about a quarter of the way through the manifesto so far, and I think it qualifies for both "rambling" and "embittered". ...
The situation being described does sound like a raw deal, but you do have to consider the source. It's not impossible that even detailed parts of his story are part of whatever paranoid nutcasery that has caused him to conclude that spree-killing is a good and reasonable course of action.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348074#Comment_3480742013-02-08T12:09:20-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Oddculthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=214
Apparently there are different versions of the manifesto going around.
I've seen some speculation that the pro-Obama and gun control bits have been added in, in order to discredit them, and also ...
I've seen some speculation that the pro-Obama and gun control bits have been added in, in order to discredit them, and also that the LAPD released cut down versions which censored some of the other information that looked damaging to them.

So, at the moment, I'd keep an open mind about this manifesto and be slightly sceptical until there's some verification.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348087#Comment_3480872013-02-08T15:14:55-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00COMTEhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=627
Cat:
And the inescapable irony here is that everyone keeps insisting Dorner is "the crazy one"...
And the inescapable irony here is that everyone keeps insisting Dorner is "the crazy one"...]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348092#Comment_3480922013-02-08T16:56:19-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00William Joseph Dunnhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2798
Not saying Dorner isn't a nut, but if he was doing all of this because he was "ordered to", he'd considered sane.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348107#Comment_3481072013-02-08T22:38:46-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Foamheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8779
Amish beard-cutter Mullet jailed
Amish beard-cutter Mullet jailed]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348108#Comment_3481082013-02-08T22:47:26-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00D.J.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3196
If the LAPD were Gestapo, Dorner's action would be considered heroic.
And I think that's how he sees them.
And I think that's how he sees them.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348109#Comment_3481092013-02-09T00:38:40-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Alan Tysonhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1299
@256 - No argument there. Though I suppose a suicide note doubling as a manifesto can only be expected to sound a little rambling.
Jesus. No one's coming out of this thing looking like they did ...
Jesus. No one's coming out of this thing looking like they did the right thing. I've never been a big fan of L.A., not even while I was living there, but no city deserves to be stuck between one of the nastiest police forces in the country and a guy who thinks he's John McClane.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348121#Comment_3481212013-02-09T06:44:51-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00tapheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2284
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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348190#Comment_3481902013-02-10T17:24:39-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Foamheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8779
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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348204#Comment_3482042013-02-11T03:10:39-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Michael Nimmohttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5422
OK - lets all wonder why....
Pope Benedict XVI is to resign
Pope Benedict XVI is to resign]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348206#Comment_3482062013-02-11T04:06:53-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Purple Wyrmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6726
@3millionyears
Woohoo! Time to roll out the Prophecies of Saint Malachy!
Wow, look at that. The destruction of Rome is at hand. Good to know...
Woohoo! Time to roll out the Prophecies of Saint Malachy!

Wow, look at that. The destruction of Rome is at hand. Good to know...]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348207#Comment_3482072013-02-11T04:24:32-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Michael Nimmohttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5422
@Purple Wyrm
Why had I not seen these before? I love stuff like this (which is weird for an athiest)
Other cities built on seven hills
My moneys on Torquay
Why had I not seen these before? I love stuff like this (which is weird for an athiest)

(As an aside, don't you just love the concept of Antipope; that there have been enough schisms within the church that there's a term to describe it?)]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348211#Comment_3482112013-02-11T05:11:44-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00lampcommanderhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4529
So apparently Dorner is so dangerous they're using airborne drones to track him?
they're using airborne drones to track him?]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348213#Comment_3482132013-02-11T05:33:44-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Purple Wyrmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6726
@Foamhead
Antipopes? Pah! I'll raise you the Cadaver Synod.
Antipopes? Pah! I'll raise you the Cadaver Synod.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348214#Comment_3482142013-02-11T05:51:05-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Foamheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8779
I'll see your Cadaver Synod and raise you:
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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348215#Comment_3482152013-02-11T06:24:27-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Michael Nimmohttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5422
Transmetropolitan & Planetary are the new new and old testament?
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348230#Comment_3482302013-02-11T11:07:30-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00tapheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2284
Heavy Metal in Botswana. I guarantee that's The Most Metal Thing you'll see today.
Heavy Metal in Botswana. I guarantee that's The Most Metal Thing you'll see today.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348233#Comment_3482332013-02-11T12:06:57-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Oddculthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=214
Dunno about most metal, but it's camp as all hell in a sort of amusing way.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348242#Comment_3482422013-02-11T13:55:31-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00tapheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2284
Well, to be fair, metal and camp have always shared a fair amount of DNA...
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348265#Comment_3482652013-02-11T22:30:55-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00celanhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5337
I just watched Mea Maxima Culpa so that's my perceptual frame on the Pope thing.
Mea Maxima Culpa so that's my perceptual frame on the Pope thing.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348315#Comment_3483152013-02-12T13:56:13-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1671819/for-sale-hessian-a-brand-without-a-product#1
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1671819/for-sale-hessian-a-brand-without-a-product#1]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348316#Comment_3483162013-02-12T13:56:54-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00sneak046http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4574
Breaking: Dorner in shootout with LAPD in Big Bear
Dorner in shootout with LAPD in Big Bear]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348331#Comment_3483312013-02-12T18:35:37-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Purple Wyrmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6726
Proving that American politics doesn't have the monopoly on complete lunatics...
If you are a young male, aged between say about 19 and about 35, and you're a Muslim, or you look like a Muslim, or ...
Proving that American politics doesn't have the monopoly on complete lunatics...

If you are a young male, aged between say about 19 and about 35, and you're a Muslim, or you look like a Muslim, or you come from a Muslim country, then you are not welcome to travel on any of the West's airlines]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348334#Comment_3483342013-02-12T19:24:45-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00E-Rayhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10925
For those of you still awake, here's a live stream of the Dorner situation as it unfolds.
Two officers down, one of them dead. The cabin burned to the ground and a body retrieved from the ashes is ...
live stream of the Dorner situation as it unfolds.

Two officers down, one of them dead. The cabin burned to the ground and a body retrieved from the ashes is reported to be Dorner's. Mixed reports of Dorner setting the fire himself and committing suicide or the LAPD firing tear gas canisters and setting it alight. Either way, this looks a lot like Waco.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348348#Comment_3483482013-02-12T23:07:25-06:002013-02-12T23:11:28-06:00sneak046http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4574
Christopher Dorner Shootout cops tell them to burn that motherf***** 2 - 12 -13
It's too indistinct on my tablet for me to tell if that is what is said
Christopher Dorner Shootout cops tell them to burn that motherf***** 2 - 12 -13

The NRC Handelsblad newspaper identified Henk Heithuis who was castrated in 1956, while a minor, after reporting priests to the police for abusing him in a Catholic boarding home.

I mean fuck. Seriously. Fuck.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348436#Comment_3484362013-02-14T14:49:14-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Purple Wyrmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6726
Fun fact! It's cheaper to buy a plane ticket, fly from Sydney to Los Angeles, buy a copy of Adobe Creative Suite Master 6 Collection, then fly back to Australia than it is to buy exactly the same ...
Here's the Adobe CEO 'discussing' the issue...

Shockwave hits a city:Shockwave]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348451#Comment_3484512013-02-14T23:02:04-06:002013-02-14T23:07:42-06:00Purple Wyrmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6726
A few more videos here
Supposed pics of meteorite damage, but I'd take them with a grain of salt.
Also - According to unconfirmed reports, the meteorite was intercepted by an air defense ...
here

Supposed pics of meteorite damage, but I'd take them with a grain of salt.

Also - According to unconfirmed reports, the meteorite was intercepted by an air defense unit at the Urzhumka settlement near Chelyabinsk. A missile salvo reportedly blew the meteorite to pieces at an altitude of 20 kilometers.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348452#Comment_3484522013-02-14T23:28:28-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Purple Wyrmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6726
With more info coming in it looks like the photos are legit. The building appears to be the Zinc Plant in central Chelyabinsk and it's definitely been hit by something.
something.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348453#Comment_3484532013-02-14T23:35:28-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Morachttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10266
I'm not going to say it's aliens...
but it's aliens.

but it's aliens.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348454#Comment_3484542013-02-14T23:50:35-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00curbhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1334
Oooolaaaa!
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348457#Comment_3484572013-02-15T00:49:12-06:002013-02-15T00:50:23-06:00Seantaclaushttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6498
"Also - According to unconfirmed reports, the meteorite was intercepted by an air defense unit at the Urzhumka settlement near Chelyabinsk. A missile salvo reportedly blew the meteorite to ...
"Also - According to unconfirmed reports, the meteorite was intercepted by an air defense unit at the Urzhumka settlement near Chelyabinsk. A missile salvo reportedly blew the meteorite to pieces at an altitude of 20 kilometers."

If they actually managed to tackle that in that short of a notice, given that this was completely off the radar for all appearances, that would be an extremely impressive (and highly improbable) feat. As pointed out by a friend, our planet is moving at 29-30 km/sec (if someone actually knows a more specific/recent number, feel free to correct), so even if that meteorite was holding still... yeah, I have my doubts about Russian missile-defense units hitting that on the fly.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348459#Comment_3484592013-02-15T01:50:54-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Foamheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8779
Um...isn't today the day when that 150ft asteroid is supposed to have a very near-miss, too?
/me dons tin-foil lined crash helmet
supposed to have a very near-miss, too?

/me dons tin-foil lined crash helmet]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348460#Comment_3484602013-02-15T01:56:28-06:002013-02-15T01:58:57-06:00Flabyohttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306
BBC reporting that it broke into fragments, the bulk landing in a lake outside town.
The burning building is a Zinc plant, and apparently the shockwave caused it's roof to cave ...
The burning building is a Zinc plant, and apparently the shockwave caused it's roof to cave in.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21468116

As for it's larger relative, should be able to get a good view of it in the UK tonight given how clear the skies will be:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21442863]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348462#Comment_3484622013-02-15T02:23:59-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Foamheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8779
NURSE! I think we have an outbreak of Asteroidal Geekingoutitis on Whitechapel. Prepare sedative maggots for everyone, stat!
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348472#Comment_3484722013-02-15T06:02:36-06:002013-02-15T06:04:23-06:00Internauthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7307
"The Bad Astronomer analyzes incoming reports about the apparent meteoric fireball over Russia: 'Apparently, at about 09:30 local time, a very big meteor burned up over Chelyabinsk, a city in ...
"The Bad Astronomer analyzes incoming reports about the apparent meteoric fireball over Russia: 'Apparently, at about 09:30 local time, a very big meteor burned up over Chelyabinsk, a city in Russia just east of the Ural mountains, and about 1500 kilometers east of Moscow. The fireball was incredibly bright, rivaling the Sun! There was a pretty big sonic boom from the fireball, which set off car alarms and shattered windows. I'm seeing some reports of many people injured (by shattered glass blown out by the shock wave). I'm also seeing reports that some pieces have fallen to the ground, but again as I write this those are unconfirmed." This is the best summary I've found so far, and links to lots of videos and images. He also clarifies something I've been wondering about: 'This is almost certainly unrelated to the asteroid 2012 DA14 that will pass on Friday.'"

Slashdot]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348474#Comment_3484742013-02-15T06:10:32-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Internauthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7307
Also, Obligatory.
]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348475#Comment_3484752013-02-15T06:39:53-06:002013-02-19T06:27:43-06:00Internauthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7307
Russian language site, but great collection of pics and vids
Link (fixed)
Link (fixed)]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348476#Comment_3484762013-02-15T08:11:25-06:002013-02-15T08:15:40-06:00curbhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1334
Nice little bit of asteroid demystification from Danger Room, here.
Danger Room, here.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348478#Comment_3484782013-02-15T08:23:49-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Foamheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8779
Curb: Thanks for that article. It led me to its comments. Which led me to the Daily Mail's article's comments.
Now I have pieces of brain trickling out of my ears.
Now I have pieces of brain trickling out of my ears.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348480#Comment_3484802013-02-15T08:38:36-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00curbhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1334
Ooh, sorry chap. Now I feel like I've been unwittingly handing out the brown acid ...
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348483#Comment_3484832013-02-15T09:29:20-06:002013-02-15T09:30:42-06:00magnusisasillynamehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10358
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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348484#Comment_3484842013-02-15T09:31:17-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00celanhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5337
Scientists have built a robot that makes rats depressed. Yay, science?
Scientists have built a robot that makes rats depressed. Yay, science?]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348486#Comment_3484862013-02-15T11:49:59-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00tapheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2284
Good job, scientists. That was a problem that needed solving.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348488#Comment_3484882013-02-15T12:32:13-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00sneak046http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4574
Lab chimps successfully treated with anti-depressants
A study has shown that anti-depressants can be used to help former lab chimps combat depression and trauma
Lab chimps successfully treated with anti-depressants

A study has shown that anti-depressants can be used to help former lab chimps combat depression and trauma

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348495#Comment_3484952013-02-15T14:53:11-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Finaglehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5254
Now they just need to give the anti-depressants to the rats.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348497#Comment_3484972013-02-15T16:20:08-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Flabyohttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306
Interesting one this... this site collects the last tweets of people that have just died.
http://thetweethereafter.com
They've apparently been doing it for a while, but the publicity around the ...
http://thetweethereafter.com

They've apparently been doing it for a while, but the publicity around the Oscar Pistorius case, where the victim's last tweets are a big part of the press reporting, has made them go public.

The one of the professional cyclist tweeting 'its a bit windy, not sure its safe to go training' the day they went out and got killed on the road is just plain eerie.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348744#Comment_3487442013-02-20T14:03:09-06:002013-02-20T14:03:23-06:00256http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4827
Smallest Exoplanet Discovered So Far: In a 13-day orbit around a star 200ly away, Kepler-37b is smaller than Mercury, barely larger than the Moon.
BadAstronomer (good article) & NASA (nice ...
Smallest Exoplanet Discovered So Far: In a 13-day orbit around a star 200ly away, Kepler-37b is smaller than Mercury, barely larger than the Moon.

BadAstronomer (good article) & NASA (nice size comparison graphic).]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348771#Comment_3487712013-02-21T03:29:48-06:002013-02-21T03:30:19-06:00Finaglehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5254
Beards.
Gentlemen, they’re not just for hipsters and the homeless any more. While both dead sexy and totally awesome, beards are also a boon to your overall health. Researchers from down under ...

Beards.

Gentlemen, they’re not just for hipsters and the homeless any more. While both dead sexy and totally awesome, beards are also a boon to your overall health. Researchers from down under discovered that men with beards and moustaches actually enjoy numerous benefits including, but not limited to, instant handsomeness.

A study from the University of Southern Queensland, published in the Radiation Protection Dosimetry Journal, found that beards block 90 to 95 percent of UV rays, thereby slowing the aging process and reducing the risk of skin cancer. Got asthma? Pollens and dust simply get stuck in that lustrous facial hair. Additionally, all that hair retains moisture and protects from the wind, keeping you looking young and fresh-faced. What’s more, shaving is usually the cause of ingrown hairs and bacterial infections that lead to acne.

- Source NewNowNext]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348775#Comment_3487752013-02-21T04:31:51-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Foamheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8779
@ Finagle: But then there's this argument...
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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348782#Comment_3487822013-02-21T10:41:44-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00sneak046http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4574
^lol. *deadpan face*
My girlfriend banned me from shaving years ago...
My girlfriend banned me from shaving years ago...]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348785#Comment_3487852013-02-21T11:37:59-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Argoshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7792
I like beards, but totally agree that stubble fucking hurts. I've been left red around the mouth before from making out with stubbled dudes.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348787#Comment_3487872013-02-21T13:02:17-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00sneak046http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4574
Like a Swarm of Lethal Bugs: The Most Terrifying Drone Video Yet
Air Force officials declined a request to observe flight tests at a "micro-aviary" they've built, he reported, but they ...
Like a Swarm of Lethal Bugs: The Most Terrifying Drone Video Yet

Air Force officials declined a request to observe flight tests at a "micro-aviary" they've built, he reported, but they did let him see a video dramatization "starring micro-UAVs that resemble winged, multi-legged bugs. The drones swarm through alleys, crawl across windowsills, and perch on power lines. One of them sneaks up on a scowling man holding a gun and shoots him in the head."

Click thru for the vid]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348788#Comment_3487882013-02-21T14:37:31-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
I have to wonder about how many years it'll be until we're living the plot of Screamers.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348804#Comment_3488042013-02-21T21:09:43-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00oldhathttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75
Printing an ear with SCIENCE!
Printing an ear with SCIENCE!

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348817#Comment_3488172013-02-22T09:40:59-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Argoshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7792
I saw a TED talk where a guy printed a kidney. Blew my mind.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348818#Comment_3488182013-02-22T09:51:33-06:002013-02-22T09:52:38-06:00William Joseph Dunnhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2798
@ oldhat & Argos - now if they can print up some shallots, mushrooms and burgundy - a very nice meal can be had by all.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348821#Comment_3488212013-02-22T10:52:19-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
I applaud you for not going the easy route with the fava beans and chianti reference.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348826#Comment_3488262013-02-22T14:12:41-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00city creedhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4530
Agreed. The bourguignon may require more time and effort but the end result is just so much richer.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348837#Comment_3488372013-02-22T20:46:16-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00dorkmuffinhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6719
Ted Nugent launches a "black power" tour and isn't joking.
Ted Nugent launches a "black power" tour and isn't joking.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=348842#Comment_3488422013-02-23T06:55:18-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00D.J.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3196
On 3-D Printed Sex Toys
On 3-D Printed Sex Toys]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349110#Comment_3491102013-02-26T19:14:00-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Kay Orchisonhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10078
Bouncing baby boy! A 15m fall onto concrete and just a scratch!
Bouncing baby boy! A 15m fall onto concrete and just a scratch!]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349117#Comment_3491172013-02-26T20:25:05-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Purple Wyrmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6726
For those not in the know, Australian rich bastard Clive Palmer is rebuilding the Titanic
Features include...
* Compulsory period costume
* No mixing between classes
* No television
* No ...
rebuilding the Titanic

Features include...* Compulsory period costume* No mixing between classes* No television* No internet access

I wonder what happens when the pool of rich eccentrics who feel like going for a cruise dries up...]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349130#Comment_3491302013-02-27T00:23:13-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Morachttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10266
Boat sinking time!
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349134#Comment_3491342013-02-27T01:31:16-06:002013-02-27T01:31:56-06:00Kay Orchisonhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10078
Clive Palmer also intends to trademark the words 'Titanic' and 'Gigantic'
Further, he has options on 'Hippopotamic', 'Porcine', 'Egotistical', 'Greedy', 'Plutocratic', 'Whale blubber', ...
Clive Palmer also intends to trademark the words 'Titanic' and 'Gigantic'

Further, he has options on 'Hippopotamic', 'Porcine', 'Egotistical', 'Greedy', 'Plutocratic', 'Whale blubber', 'Insufferable', 'Arsehole' and 'Leaky bag of monkey shit']]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349135#Comment_3491352013-02-27T01:43:17-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00johnjoneshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1052
@ Kay
Didn't we already go through this sort of nonsense before with Paris Hilton trying (and failing) to trademark "That's hot?"
Didn't we already go through this sort of nonsense before with Paris Hilton trying (and failing) to trademark "That's hot?"]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349140#Comment_3491402013-02-27T02:42:35-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Kay Orchisonhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10078
Yeah, and didn't we sort of go through the ocean-liner-named-Titanic thing as well? I guess Clive's not a learner.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349150#Comment_3491502013-02-27T07:47:29-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00MWHShttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5283
Next thing some bozo will try and assert ownership of 'Space Marine'...
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349162#Comment_3491622013-02-27T11:56:20-06:002013-02-27T11:56:36-06:00johnjoneshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1052
Defend the Voting Rights Act by signing this petition.
signing this petition.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349167#Comment_3491672013-02-27T13:09:26-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00StefanJhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=961
Repeat to yourself: "Well, that's it. We're fucked. No getting out of this. May as well give up now."
Pessimism About the Future May Lead to Longer, Healthier Life
Feb. 27, 2013 — ...
"Well, that's it. We're fucked. No getting out of this. May as well give up now."

Feb. 27, 2013 — Older people who have low expectations for a satisfying future may be more likely to live longer, healthier lives than those who see brighter days ahead, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.

"Our findings revealed that being overly optimistic in predicting a better future was associated with a greater risk of disability and death within the following decade," said lead author Frieder R. Lang, PhD, of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. "Pessimism about the future may encourage people to live more carefully, taking health and safety precautions." The study was published online in the journal Psychology and Aging.

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349233#Comment_3492332013-02-28T03:44:55-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00badbearhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1879
20 amazing facts about the human body
Including why you probably have eyelash mites, the evolution of goosebumps and why your DNA contains the genes of at least 8 retroviruses.
20 amazing facts about the human body

Including why you probably have eyelash mites, the evolution of goosebumps and why your DNA contains the genes of at least 8 retroviruses.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349248#Comment_3492482013-02-28T09:04:04-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Foamheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8779
Steady now...
Thousands of litres of whisky flushed down drain
Thousands of litres of whisky flushed down drain]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349255#Comment_3492552013-02-28T10:06:15-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Scrymgeourhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4141
@ foamhead
I just cried....
I just cried....]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349262#Comment_3492622013-02-28T11:17:41-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Foamheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8779
Caught the author on The Daily Show a few nights ago and followed-up by finding the essay in question. It's a bit of a long one but definitely worth sticking with whether you're American or ...
Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us by Steven Brill

When we debate health care policy, we seem to jump right to the issue of who should pay the bills, blowing past what should be the first question: Why exactly are the bills so high?What are the reasons, good or bad, that cancer means a half-million or million-dollar tab? Why should a trip to the emergency room for chest pains that turn out to be indigestion bring a bill that can exceed the cost of a semester of college? What makes a single dose of even the most wonderful wonder drug cost thousands of dollars? Why does simple lab work done during a few days in a hospital cost more than a car? And what is so different about the medical ecosystem that causes technology advances to drive bills up instead of down?

For those without the time or inclination to plough through a 26,000-word article, here's a tl;dr summary from The Washington Post..

Much of Brill’s piece focuses on the absurdly high prices that hospitals and doctors charge for the most mundane items. A single Tylenol tablet can cost $1.50 when “you can buy 100 of them on Amazon for $1.49 even without a hospital’s purchasing power.” One patient gets charged $6 for a marker used to mark his body before surgery. Another is billed $77 for each of four boxes of gauze used. One hospital, according to Brill’s math, bills $1,200 per hour for one nurse’s services.

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349297#Comment_3492972013-03-01T02:27:50-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00badbearhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1879
Ah thanks Foamhead! I saw that interview too and was very intrigued. I might even try and make it through the whole thing.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349320#Comment_3493202013-03-01T09:59:52-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
You remember the robot Big Dog, the kind of creepy, four-legged robot?
Well, they went and gave it a horrible mouth/hand/brick-hurling thingie.
Well, they went and gave it a horrible mouth/hand/brick-hurling thingie.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349330#Comment_3493302013-03-01T11:31:59-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00William Joseph Dunnhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2798
can we just call "Boston Dynamics" by it's real name? Skynet.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349336#Comment_3493362013-03-01T12:33:44-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00johnjoneshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1052
Actually, wouldn't the company's "real name" be Cyberdyne?
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349337#Comment_3493372013-03-01T12:36:30-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00sneak046http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4574
Italian team hopes to find digital meaning in videogame riot simulator.
The game allows the player to play both sides of a riot where, as Menchiari explains it, "there is no such thing as ...
Italian team hopes to find digital meaning in videogame riot simulator.

The game allows the player to play both sides of a riot where, as Menchiari explains it, "there is no such thing as victory or defeat." Still in development, Menchiari and his team plan to travel to Italy, Greece, and Egypt to document live riots where, to avoid bias, only footage and dialogue captured by them will be used in-game.

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349345#Comment_3493452013-03-01T13:17:18-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00William Joseph Dunnhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2798
@ johnjones - I stand corrected.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349365#Comment_3493652013-03-01T15:48:11-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Flabyohttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306
@Sneak - there's a whole field of AI / Simulation programming that's all about trying to model human behaviour in a crowd in order to make safer stadiums, office blocks etc...
The idea being that ...
The idea being that you can find out that shifting your exit a couple of feet might make the difference between 10,000 deaths and 100 deaths in the event of a fire.

It's fun stuff, and the kind of thing I'd love to be able to do real-time for videogames. So yeah, I'll be watching that one.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349412#Comment_3494122013-03-02T10:57:02-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00government spyhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6088
Wasn't Massive Dynamics set in Boston?
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349416#Comment_3494162013-03-02T12:52:21-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
Fast and Furious acted out in Germany
Fast and Furious acted out in Germany]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349443#Comment_3494432013-03-03T02:59:28-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00D.J.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3196
9-Year-Old Rapper Lil Poopy Has Been Disowned by his label, Cocaine City Records
9-Year-Old Rapper Lil Poopy Has Been Disowned by his label, Cocaine City Records]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349457#Comment_3494572013-03-03T12:03:13-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00D.J.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3196
World's Sexiest Octopus Ostracized By Biologists
World's Sexiest Octopus Ostracized By Biologists]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349473#Comment_3494732013-03-03T17:08:04-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00dorkmuffinhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6719
Child born with HIV cured.
Seriously.
Child born with HIV cured.

Seriously.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349487#Comment_3494872013-03-04T03:56:23-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Michael Nimmohttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5422
'Batman' brings in suspect to Bradford police
'Batman' brings in suspect to Bradford police]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349499#Comment_3494992013-03-04T12:26:15-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00tapheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2284
Norway shuts down The Pirate Bay's bandwidth, TPB moves to North Korea.
It's The Onion's world, we just live in it.
TPB moves to North Korea.

It's The Onion's world, we just live in it.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349502#Comment_3495022013-03-04T13:07:55-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00tapheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2284
And in other news, Lockheed is talking fusion power in four years.
Lockheed is talking fusion power in four years.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349520#Comment_3495202013-03-04T19:15:23-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00magnusisasillynamehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10358
Bradley Manning goes on trial
Bradley Manning goes on trial]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349537#Comment_3495372013-03-05T05:20:02-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00curbhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1334
Batman unmasked!
Batman unmasked!]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349538#Comment_3495382013-03-05T05:43:07-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Michael Nimmohttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5422
Soviet war veteran found in Afghanistan after 33 years
A Soviet soldier who went missing in Afghanistan nearly 33 years ago has been found living with Afghans in the western province of Herat.
Soviet war veteran found in Afghanistan after 33 years

A Soviet soldier who went missing in Afghanistan nearly 33 years ago has been found living with Afghans in the western province of Herat.

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349573#Comment_3495732013-03-05T14:37:31-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00indysleazehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2104
Hugo Chavez is dead
dead]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349599#Comment_3495992013-03-06T02:13:11-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Michael Nimmohttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5422
Paul Bearer is dead - aged 58!
Paul Bearer is dead - aged 58! ]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349600#Comment_3496002013-03-06T02:51:59-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Osmosishttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=866
The fusion power presentation was extremely interesting. Potentially species-level implications, if they are right. I remember an Irish start-up with grand plans for a magnetic energy generation ...
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349632#Comment_3496322013-03-06T14:36:34-06:002013-03-06T14:36:49-06:00256http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4827
Drone Buzzes Jet Over New York City. This sort of feels like it should be the first page of a William Gibson novel. Or perhaps Black Mystery Drones are the new breed of UFOs. (If hysterical drone ...
Drone Buzzes Jet Over New York City. This sort of feels like it should be the first page of a William Gibson novel. Or perhaps Black Mystery Drones are the new breed of UFOs. (If hysterical drone sightings haven't already happened, come to think of it, I feel certain they will.)

Salts From Europa's Ocean Reach The Surface. This is the strongest evidence yet that Europa's ocean is energetic enough to exchange minerals (and, presumably, water) with the surface ice. Interestingly, this finding came from data collected by Earth-based telescopes - I don't know if NASA's Juno probe (en route to Jupiter now) will be able to follow up the observations, or if we'll have to wait for ESA's proposed Icy Moons Explorer to do that.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349638#Comment_3496382013-03-06T16:10:59-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Greasemonkeyhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4625
Ex-DEA chief lobbying to overturn marijuana legalization in Washington and Colorado, owns drug testing company
Ex-DEA chief lobbying to overturn marijuana legalization in Washington and Colorado, owns drug testing company]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349763#Comment_3497632013-03-09T02:42:46-06:002013-03-09T02:42:57-06:00D.J.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3196
Norway kindergarten teacher fired after children drink her blood.
Norway kindergarten teacher fired after children drink her blood.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349764#Comment_3497642013-03-09T03:03:55-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00johnjoneshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1052
I guess they let the wrong one in...
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349767#Comment_3497672013-03-09T05:04:16-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Foamheadhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8779
@ johnjones:
]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349772#Comment_3497722013-03-09T08:25:04-06:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00TFhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1307
:-D
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349798#Comment_3497982013-03-10T10:39:08-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Woodhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5205
Sephardic Jews invited back to Spain after 500 years
Before the infamous Spanish Inquisition of the 15th Century, some 300,000 Jews lived in Spain. It was one of the largest communities of Jews in ...
Sephardic Jews invited back to Spain after 500 years

Before the infamous Spanish Inquisition of the 15th Century, some 300,000 Jews lived in Spain. It was one of the largest communities of Jews in the world.

Today, there are about 40,000 or 50,000 - but that number could be about to swell dramatically.

In November, Spain's justice minister Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon announced a plan to give descendants of Spain's original Jewish community - known as Sephardic Jews - a fast-track to a Spanish passport and Spanish citizenship.

"In the long journey Spain has undertaken to rediscover a part of itself, few occasions are as moving as today," he said.

Anyone who could prove their Spanish Jewish origins, he said, would be given Spanish nationality.

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349838#Comment_3498382013-03-11T14:52:07-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Argoshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7792
^^Yeah, they've been doing that with pretty much all Spanish descendants. My mom was able to get Spanish citizenship even though she was born and raised in Mexico, and if I moved to Spain I'd qualify ...
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349840#Comment_3498402013-03-11T15:19:49-05:002013-03-11T15:20:53-05:00256http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4827
New star system discovered - and it's only 6.5 light years away, making it the 3rd closest to the sun, after Centauri and Barnard's Star.
More, including a link to the discovery paper.
The ...
New star system discovered - and it's only 6.5 light years away, making it the 3rd closest to the sun, after Centauri and Barnard's Star.

The system is composed of two brown dwarf stars, which are usually considered a line call between "small star" and "big gas giant". I imagine that WISE J104915.57-531906 (catchy, eh?) will now be a pretty attractive target for planet-hunters. Also, NASA recently mapped the weather in the atmosphere of a more distant brown dwarf, 2MASSJ22282889-431026.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349861#Comment_3498612013-03-11T23:30:29-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Purple Wyrmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6726
NASA is discovering new star systems. Meanwhile in Australia...
Brisbane's bucketing makes it hard to get hold of the scrotums
Large kangaroo scrotums are in short supply for a souvenir-making ...
Brisbane's bucketing makes it hard to get hold of the scrotums

Large kangaroo scrotums are in short supply for a souvenir-making taxidermist after the continuing rain drove kangaroos beyond the range of shooters.

*sigh*]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349884#Comment_3498842013-03-12T13:45:25-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00D.J.http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3196
Vagina Art at University of Cincinnati
Vagina Art at University of Cincinnati]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349887#Comment_3498872013-03-12T14:36:08-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00256http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4827
@Purple - you do have some very good observatories, though.
On the other hand, NASA again:
Curiosity finds ancient Mars could have supported life.
Sampled drilled from sedimentary rocks at ...
some very good observatories, though.

Sampled drilled from sedimentary rocks at Yellowknife Bay show sulfur, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and carbon, and chemical pairings like sulfates and sulfides that could have been energy sources for micro-organisms.

""A fundamental question for this mission is whether Mars could have supported a habitable environment," said Michael Meyer, lead scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program [...] "From what we know now, the answer is yes.""]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349906#Comment_3499062013-03-13T11:14:54-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
We have pope sign.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349916#Comment_3499162013-03-13T14:32:17-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Alan Tysonhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1299
We have Pope Sign the likes of which even God has never oh wait actually...
God has never oh wait actually...]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349918#Comment_3499182013-03-13T14:41:10-05:002013-03-13T14:42:03-05:00oldhathttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75
So quick question...
...when did people start giving a shit about the pope? I mean, this is kind of the same thing with the Royal Family and finding out everyone was devoted to them. I don't ...
...when did people start giving a shit about the pope? I mean, this is kind of the same thing with the Royal Family and finding out everyone was devoted to them. I don't understand.

Am also curious to why people thought the new Pope would be anything other than a white old guy with pretty archaic views. Like this little gem on gay marriage:

"Let's not be naïve, we're not talking about a simple political battle; it is a destructive pretension against the plan of God. We are not talking about a mere bill, but rather a machination of the Father of Lies that seeks to confuse and deceive the children of God."

I mean, I won the betting pool by thinking things wouldn't change so I'm not TOTALLY annoyed...]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349920#Comment_3499202013-03-13T15:26:27-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00sneak046http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4574
I was wondering the same thing as Robin, and I think it is yet another symptom of the need for simple stories to be packaged by news media and force fed to us.
I write this as BBC radio are ...
I write this as BBC radio are talking (still) about how the white smoke was generated, and the presenter just asked listeners to text in 'what do you want from this Pope?', and then said that 'even if you're not a catholic he can still shape your life'. I fucking hope not.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349921#Comment_3499212013-03-13T15:42:51-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00JP Valdecantoshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=603
Let's not forget, also, that the new pope supported the military dictatorship here, back in the 70s.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349922#Comment_3499222013-03-13T15:43:37-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00TFhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1307
Maybe it's growing up in Catholic Ireland but watching for the smoke and all that has been a big cultural thing for an awful lot of people since LONG before the rolling news culture.
I was hearing ...
I was hearing stories about the smoke and Popes since I was knee high]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349925#Comment_3499252013-03-13T15:54:56-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00sneak046http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4574
In my limited experience - only being able to remember one previous papal election it *seems* that there's been an even bigger focus on the story this time round.
But i am an ardently irreligious ...
But i am an ardently irreligious person and a republican so I find the endless discussions about the royal family, popes, and so on to be highly irritating...]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349926#Comment_3499262013-03-13T16:03:04-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Alan Tysonhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1299
My guess is that because the last pope's retirement was so unexpected, this conclave was more hectic than it may otherwise have been, which makes for better news that when BXVI was elected.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349932#Comment_3499322013-03-14T00:38:01-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Morachttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10266
My guess is that there is simply nothing else going on that can appeal to the vast majority of Americans. I mean, there's science stuff, but who cares about that, let alone is able to understand ...
(Yes, I know that it's not just America that is the perpetrator of such mundane media pushing, but it is definitely at the forefront the rolling Great Media Machine).]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349933#Comment_3499332013-03-14T01:03:17-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Bombus Hortorushttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2485
I had no real idea just how batshit all this stuff actually was - all the rituals and titles and symbols and funny hats... and then I start wondering how they got from Jesus, who seemed to make a bit ...
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349934#Comment_3499342013-03-14T02:20:28-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00indysleazehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2104
Yeah, I can't see why anyone would be interested in the election of the man who will (by various degrees) govern the lives of 20% of the people on Earth...
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349943#Comment_3499432013-03-14T07:45:39-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00dorkmuffinhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6719
@Morac, are you kidding? You should hear the BBC coverage of this event. It's basically just turned into all-pope-all-the-time.
Or maybe that's just the World Service that's been syndicated to ...
Or maybe that's just the World Service that's been syndicated to the US, in which case I RETRACT MY PREVIOUS STATEMENT.

Adding news article so that I add SOME value.

LHC is pretty sure, for real guys, that they've found the Higgs Boson.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349944#Comment_3499442013-03-14T08:18:57-05:002013-03-14T09:59:25-05:00Steve Toasehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10253
Speaking as a non Christian I think that the attention is down to a couple of factors. He firs is that in the era of the phone in vote the idea a bunch of old men go into a room, in secret, and ...
The other factor is that with all the scandals sparking around the world in the Catholic Church watchers are interested to see how a large secretive leadership deals with a PR profile just slightly better than 70's djs.

@JP take out the Pope. Imagine some bloke called Emperor Claudius in the 2nd century BC and it'll probably make more sense. The Roman Empire bit, rather than the holy bit.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349948#Comment_3499482013-03-14T09:16:35-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Argoshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7792
Am also curious to why people thought the new Pope would be anything other than a white old guy with pretty archaic views.
Just wanna throw out that there are some people who are upset that a ...
Am also curious to why people thought the new Pope would be anything other than a white old guy with pretty archaic views.

Just wanna throw out that there are some people who are upset that a Mexican "wetback" is the new Pope. Yes, he is essentially a white European, but for some people anyone south of the US is a brown Mexican, so... well there's that. Sure he's white, but just the fact he's from South America is a big deal to some people.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349950#Comment_3499502013-03-14T09:18:57-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00oldhathttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75
Yeah, I can recognize how that would be a big deal.
But really? People are upset by that?
But really? People are upset by that?]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349951#Comment_3499512013-03-14T09:21:15-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Argoshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7792
Yep.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349952#Comment_3499522013-03-14T09:25:11-05:002013-03-14T09:26:02-05:00oldhathttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75
Weird. You'd think his views would have more weight.
Also, never heard the word "wetback" before so looked it up. What asshole invented that word?
Also, never heard the word "wetback" before so looked it up. What asshole invented that word?]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349953#Comment_3499532013-03-14T09:32:29-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Argoshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7792
Omg, you just made me want to move to Canada. I grew up knowing the word wetback. Also, beaner, which can be offensive but is also funny cos we do eat a lot of beans.
do eat a lot of beans.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349954#Comment_3499542013-03-14T09:37:17-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00oldhathttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75
BEANER? What the hell?
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349958#Comment_3499582013-03-14T09:53:54-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Argoshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7792
Yup. *cries*
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349967#Comment_3499672013-03-14T11:12:52-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00G. Foylehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3863
Good friend of mine (very caucasian) has a two year old daughter he affectionately calls his 'little bean.' We met up with a mexican friend of ours we hadn't seen in a couple years, and the dad ...
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349969#Comment_3499692013-03-14T11:33:08-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00StefanJhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=961
A few years back I read Mark Twain's Roughing It, about his stage coach journey out west as a teenager. Twain would likely, at the time, be considered pretty fair-minded, but at one point he casually ...
Roughing It, about his stage coach journey out west as a teenager. Twain would likely, at the time, be considered pretty fair-minded, but at one point he casually refers to the Mexican staff at a coach stop as "beaners."

Gave me a real "WHAT?" feeling, reading that.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349978#Comment_3499782013-03-14T12:52:56-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00RenThinghttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155
@StefanJ - He also uses the word "nigger" in his fiction. *shrug* That was the language back then.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349981#Comment_3499812013-03-14T13:28:08-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00lazarus corporationhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=630
Daily Mail: Space Sex causes Cancer
(the Daily Mail adds to the long list of things it claims can cause cancer, although this is possibly the strangest)
Space Sex causes Cancer

(the Daily Mail adds to the long list of things it claims can cause cancer, although this is possibly the strangest)]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349982#Comment_3499822013-03-14T13:29:52-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00oldhathttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75
@lazarus
]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349986#Comment_3499862013-03-14T15:53:42-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Purple Wyrmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6726
@Oldhat - I saw Shatner at Comic Con on the weekend. He looked surprisingly like that.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349998#Comment_3499982013-03-15T00:30:27-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Purple Wyrmhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6726
This article is from back in 2009, but reads so like something from The Onion that I had to share...
Savvy Hard Shoe Shuffle
''Phat pants give the illusion you don't have any feet and you are ...
The Onion that I had to share...

''Phat pants give the illusion you don't have any feet and you are gliding across the ground when you shuffle,'' Zach said.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=349999#Comment_3499992013-03-15T01:14:17-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00curbhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1334
Speaking of the Pope...
Vatican Sticks With Nazi Theme
Vatican Sticks With Nazi Theme]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350013#Comment_3500132013-03-15T10:37:13-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00oldhathttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75
So a friend of mine whom I went to college with just let me know about this personal project of hers that brings people constant news on The Sun. It's movements, emissions and even breakthroughs ...
THE SUN.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350032#Comment_3500322013-03-15T16:04:33-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00teasmaidhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3689
At last, a story from Australia that's not about how many and varied things can kill you.
At last, a story from Australia that's not about how many and varied things can kill you.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350112#Comment_3501122013-03-17T02:28:59-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Woodhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5205
Google Reader’s demise is awful for Iranians, who use it to avoid censorship
RSS readers take raw feeds of data—headline, text, timestamp, etc.—and display that information in a ...
Google Reader’s demise is awful for Iranians, who use it to avoid censorship

RSS readers take raw feeds of data—headline, text, timestamp, etc.—and display that information in a stripped-down interface along with many other feeds, which is what makes them so efficient. (Here is the RSS feed for Quartz.) Less obvious is how many RSS readers, including Google’s, serve as anti-censorship tools for people living under oppressive regimes. That’s because it’s actually Google’s servers, located in the US or another country with uncensored internet, that accesses each feed. So a web user in Iran just needs access to google.com/reader in order to read websites that would otherwise be blocked.

And, indeed, Google Reader has long been accessible in Iran, where it is the most popular RSS reader. Iran would probably have to block all of Google and its many popular services in order to keep its citizens from using Reader. YouTube, by contrast, is easier to censor, though it is also owned by Google, because the video site is located on its own domain, youtube.com. Reader is also harder, though not impossible, to block because it uses more secure technology known as HTTPS.

See what you've done, Google ?]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350115#Comment_3501152013-03-17T08:01:22-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00dorkmuffinhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6719
@Wood, when Google Reader discontinued their social function there was a HUGE backlash because of this exact reason. People in Iran and other countries with oppressive regimes and internet censorship ...
It made my friends' (and my) complaints about losing the ability to post comments on inane design articles we were sharing seem ... pretty trivial. It's an enormous bummer that they discontinued social, and even more of a bummer that the service is disappearing altogether.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350129#Comment_3501292013-03-17T13:07:24-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00glukkakehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1693
I'm really hoping they try to fold it into the chrome browser or something. I hope that the Iranians/others can use one of the many clones that are coming out?
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350138#Comment_3501382013-03-17T16:36:38-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Jamie Covillehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=616
There is a Chrome add on called Brief that is also an RSS reader. Hopefully that can work for them.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350153#Comment_3501532013-03-18T02:15:19-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Ben Klumasterhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2723
Surely that's no good, though? If the RSS reader is part of your browser, your machine will still be accessing the censored sites. You need the work to be being done on a server at an ...
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350156#Comment_3501562013-03-18T04:34:50-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Doc Ocassihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=410
Anyone who has concerns regarding security and anonymity, especially in oppressive regimes should use Tor.
And anyone who in interested in helping and can should run a Tor relay.
Tor.

And anyone who in interested in helping and can should run a Tor relay.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350157#Comment_3501572013-03-18T04:53:32-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Woodhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5205
Will Tor help Iranians access URLs that have been banned by the regime ?
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350159#Comment_3501592013-03-18T05:40:36-05:002013-03-18T05:41:26-05:00Doc Ocassihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=410
The makers of Tor are in a constant arms race with companies that make the devices to block and monitor traffic.
And these devices are mostly made by the western companies.
Have a read through ...
And these devices are mostly made by the western companies.

Have a read through Tors literature.

Re. Iran, They are being directly threated by the west and they can see that a lot clearer that the general population on our side.Hope you are all going to be tuning into panorama tonight. The Spies Who Fooled the World]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350167#Comment_3501672013-03-18T11:35:05-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Doc Ocassihttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=410
I think that people should be able to understand the Internet in terms of a theatre of war.
The Internet is a surveillance state
Or better still is there a way of preventing it being used as ...
The Internet is a surveillance state

Or better still is there a way of preventing it being used as such, but keeping all the things we love about it. I feel a responsibility to fight for it because I have grown up with it and want to keep all the things that make it great; the free flow of information, the ability to talk to anyone about anything without feeling I have to use some type of self censorship, all the space for people to explore without fear of what is around the corner.

Now I have to accept Licence agreements that I cannot possibly read, fully comprehend or reasonably accept, just to send my friend Dave a picture of a kitten, to annoy him obviously. We really need a social network platform that is impenetrable to all the data analysis, manipulation, and Point-scoring narcissistic Arse-Tossers. One where you can get a real human moment between two like-minded individuals, I want an Internet that I can be proud of, but I fear that in actively taking responsibility for it I will be left by myself at the mercy of some organization that doesn't give a flying fuck about it.

There is a part of me that thinks that the Internet is being slowly strangled, by who and why I don't fully understand.

I have to keep reminding myself of the quote of the great Steve Earl."Paranoia is a fear with no basis."

^ I hope this doesn't make my sound like a Point-Scoring Narcissistic Arse-Tosser, I just wanted to vent a little.Thanks for listening.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350228#Comment_3502282013-03-20T01:55:08-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Flabyohttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306
Is the Cyprus thing being reported much Stateside?
A country about to go bankrupt, the EU requiring a frankly ludicrous 7% levy on EVERYONES savings before they'll help them out (which not one ...
A country about to go bankrupt, the EU requiring a frankly ludicrous 7% levy on EVERYONES savings before they'll help them out (which not one Cypriot MP voted to accept), and now it looks like they're going to sell their banks off to Russia to survive instead.

Weird situation.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350233#Comment_3502332013-03-20T04:31:10-05:002013-03-20T04:37:50-05:00dorkmuffinhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6719
@Flabyo, I've been hearing about it pretty much every day on NPR (National Public Radio) for the past week or so. Granted, my main source of news is listening to NPR as I lie in bed before getting ...
Edited to add: the Wall Street Journal has a pretty large feature on it on their home page, and the NYTimes at least mentions it on their home page. The Washington Post includes it on their homepage in "the day in pictures" feature. I've noticed a lot of the coverage I've seen is mentioned partly as international news, and partly as business/economy news.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350235#Comment_3502352013-03-20T06:50:49-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Scrymgeourhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4141
@Flaybo, The EU actually demanded a 9.9 tax on anyones saving over 100,000 euro. It was a decision by the cypriot government to change this to include all saving including those below 100k. This is ...
It was an excellent piece of politics but sadly economically shortsighted. The banks are still closed, they will not receive a bailout, and it puts the future of the Eurozone at risk for Cyprus to hold their hat out to Russia.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350239#Comment_3502392013-03-20T07:55:59-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Flabyohttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306
Cheers Scrymgeour, it's hard to get a straight explanation of what's going on over there from the UK, because it's all being filtered through the 'EU is bad, UK is good' filter the press seems to ...
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350241#Comment_3502412013-03-20T09:40:13-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00celanhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5337
You Are Now Leaving The Heliosphere: Voyager Exits the Solar System
You Are Now Leaving The Heliosphere: Voyager Exits the Solar System]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350244#Comment_3502442013-03-20T11:31:51-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Scrymgeourhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4141
@Flaybo, Actually, I am from the UK! I agree a great deal of the press is quite eurosceptic.
However I work on the road so I get to listen to A LOT of BBC radio 4 (which is quite simply the best ...
However I work on the road so I get to listen to A LOT of BBC radio 4 (which is quite simply the best thing ever), and they've been running stuff on this pretty much constantly (until the budget hit today). There was an interview with someone from the European central bank and I've basically paraphrased..

I think all anyone needs to know about it is:

Mr Putin had called the bailout deal "unfair, unprofessional and dangerous".]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350280#Comment_3502802013-03-21T04:50:32-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Woodhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5205
Yet one more thing that can kill you in Australia : Bats
Experts on infectious diseases Thursday warned people to stay away from bats worldwide after the recent death of an eight-year-old boy bitten ...
Yet one more thing that can kill you in Australia : Bats

Experts on infectious diseases Thursday warned people to stay away from bats worldwide after the recent death of an eight-year-old boy bitten in Australia.

The boy last month became the third person in the country to die of Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV), for which there is no effective treatment.

"ABLV has proved fatal in all cases reported to date. There is a need for increased public awareness of the risk associated with bat contact," Francis said. "In short, people should stay away from bats."

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350282#Comment_3502822013-03-21T05:10:04-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Michael Nimmohttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5422
I always think of FourEcks in the Discworld books when I seen articles like this:
Death held out a hand. I WANT, he said, A BOOK ABOUT THE DANGEROUS CREATURES OF FOURECKS-
Albert looked up and ...

Death held out a hand. I WANT, he said, A BOOK ABOUT THE DANGEROUS CREATURES OF FOURECKS-

Albert looked up and dived for cover, receiving only mild bruising because he had the foresight to curl into a ball.

After a while Death, his voice a little muffled, said: ALBERT, I WOULD BE SO GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD GIVE ME A HAND HERE.

Albert scrambled up and pulled at some of the huge volumes, finally dislodging enough of them for his master to clamber free.

HMM... Death picked up a book at random and read the cover. "DANGEROUS MAMMALS, REPTILES, AMPHIBIANS, BIRDS, FISH, JELLYFISH, INSECTS, SPIDERS, CRUSTACEANS, GRASSES, TREES, MOSSES, AND LICHENS OF TERROR INCOGNITA, " he read. His gaze moved down the spine. VOLUME 29C, he added. OH. PART THREE, I SEE.

He glanced up at the listening shelves. POSSIBLY IT WOULD BE SIMPLER IF I ASKED FOR A LIST OF THE HARMLESS CREATURES OF THE AFORESAID CONTINENT?

They waited.

IT WOULD APPEAR THAT-

"No, wait master. Here it comes."

Albert pointed to something white zigzagging lazily through the air. Finally Death reached up an caught the single sheet of paper.

He read it carefully and then turned it over briefly just in case anything was written on the other side.

"May I?" said Albert. Death handed him the paper.

"'Some of the sheep, '" Albert read aloud. "Oh, well. Maybe a week at the seaside'd be better, then."

WHAT AN INTRIGUING PLACE, said Death. SADDLE UP THE HORSE, ALBERT. I FEEL SURE I'M GOING TO BE NEEDED.

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350285#Comment_3502852013-03-21T08:23:41-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Internauthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7307
"Fugitive Acupuncturist Arrested for Infecting people with HIV and Threatening Police with a Gun and a Samurai Sword."
"Fugitive Acupuncturist Arrested for Infecting people with HIV and Threatening Police with a Gun and a Samurai Sword."]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350291#Comment_3502912013-03-21T11:21:31-05:002013-03-21T11:24:25-05:00Cat Vincenthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=447
It's always a Samurai sword...
Here's a nasty one for readers of Peter Watts' excellent and nasty Rifters books, from the man himself - the Behemoth bug has a real world analogue:
So Lever et ...
Here's a nasty one for readers of Peter Watts' excellent and nasty Rifters books, from the man himself - the Behemoth bug has a real world analogue:

(Yes, I know it should be Behemoth with a Beta, but the html here won't play along.)]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350294#Comment_3502942013-03-21T12:42:38-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Woodhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5205
Yeah, why is it always a samurai sword ? And why never a polish sabre ?
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350299#Comment_3502992013-03-21T15:54:38-05:002013-03-21T15:55:39-05:00Internauthttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7307
"Hacker Breaks Into Soulja Boy's Social Network, Deletes All His Youtube Videos."
"Hacker Breaks Into Soulja Boy's Social Network, Deletes All His Youtube Videos."]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350303#Comment_3503032013-03-21T17:25:32-05:002013-03-21T17:29:00-05:00256http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4827
@Cat - the opening (post-abstract) line "Subseafloor basaltic crust represents the largest habitable zone by volume on Earth" alone is worth an article or two. Cheers.
alone is worth an article or two. Cheers.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350304#Comment_3503042013-03-21T17:31:27-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Flabyohttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1306
@wood - it's never an *actual* samurai sword though. Those things are worth thousands of dollars. It's actually a crappy replica from 'house of cutlery' or some such.
The kind of thing that you ...
The kind of thing that you could probably hurt someone with if you hit them, whereas if it actually was a samurai sword you'd kill them in one strike and not realise you've even connected.

Or so I hear... Ahem.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350315#Comment_3503152013-03-22T04:06:47-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00MWHShttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5283
@Flabyo - Yeah, the problem is unstable people having easy access to weapons that they don't need. Certainly the UK law tried to take that into account, -allowing straight swords/original ...
As an aside, cutting with a sword is mostly a matter of edge alignment and the mechanics of following through with the cut - especially with a slicing cut (like the 'Polish' sabres, or a katana). I don't know much about Asian swords, but it is quite common for poor modern replicas of some European blade types to be better at cutting flesh/tatami matts/water bottles than the surviving examples are. Whoever made the modern replicas optimised them for that function...]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350319#Comment_3503192013-03-22T05:31:42-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00curbhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1334
Huh, and speaking of all things stabby and slicey ...
Knife blade taken from man's back after three years
Knife blade taken from man's back after three years]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350324#Comment_3503242013-03-22T09:32:54-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Argoshttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7792
WHAT
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350325#Comment_3503252013-03-22T10:19:28-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Woodhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5205
I would really like to know exactly where and how that blade was stuck in this guy's back.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350331#Comment_3503312013-03-22T13:30:50-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00curbhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1334
I can only imagine that he's very accustomed to betrayal.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350332#Comment_3503322013-03-22T13:52:25-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Woodhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5205
North Dakota Votes To Ban All Abortions By Defining Life At Conception
North Dakota lawmakers voted on Friday afternoon to pass a “personhood” abortion ban, which would endow fertilized eggs ...
North Dakota Votes To Ban All Abortions By Defining Life At Conception

North Dakota lawmakers voted on Friday afternoon to pass a “personhood” abortion ban, which would endow fertilized eggs with all the rights of U.S. citizens and effectively outlaw abortion. The measure, which passed the Senate last month, passed the House by a 57-35 vote and now heads to a ballot vote, likely in the next November election.

A personhood ban could have far-reaching consequences even beyond abortion care, since it will charge doctors who damage embryos with criminal negligence. Doctors in the state say it will also prevent them from performing in vitro fertilization, and some medical professionals have vowed to leave the state if it is signed into law.

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NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350336#Comment_3503362013-03-22T15:40:53-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00StefanJhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=961
Spotted on Twitter:
Life North Dakota begins at conception.
And again when you move out of state.
Fundie rubes.
Life North Dakota begins at conception.

And again when you move out of state.

Fundie rubes.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350342#Comment_3503422013-03-22T16:56:00-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Bombus Hortorushttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2485
Richard Littlejohn trumps Julie Birchill in 'who's the most unspeakable piece of shit in history' battle
A transgendered teacher, who had previously been monstered in the national press, ...
Richard Littlejohn trumps Julie Birchill in 'who's the most unspeakable piece of shit in history' battle

A transgendered teacher, who had previously been monstered in the national press, apparently for having the temerity to exist in front of people's children, was found dead in an apparent suicide. As this article points out, there is no proven link so far to the media coverage, but what Richard Littlejohn wrote was absolutely, irredeemably fucking vile even by his already low standards. And extremely stupid.

If, as a parent, you're not able to adequately and simply explain to your kids that some people choose to change their gender in order to be happier, what hope do you have of explaining death? Or war? Or famine? Or even British Summer Time? Or cats? I could explain that to my four year old and she'd accept it and understand it without flinching. Why the fuck is it a cause of shame or embarrassment to say that?

"The school shouldn't be allowed to elevate its 'commitment to diversity and equality' above its duty of care to its pupils and their parents.

It should be protecting pupils from some of the more, er, challenging realities of adult life, not forcing them down their throats.

These are primary school children, for heaven's sake. Most them still believe in Father Christmas. Let them enjoy their childhood. They will lose their innocence soon enough."

Fucking horseshit Richard. It's nothing to do with the children, is it? If they're 'confused' by some aspect of life, it's your damn JOB as a parent to guide them. That's the responsibility you took on when you chose to bring a human being into the world. If you're too much of a damn coward to do that, don't become a parent.

Some days, I feel ashamed to be part of this species...]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350349#Comment_3503492013-03-22T19:07:08-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00sseloskehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6141
My daughter's father is transgender. It's not hard to explain. Jesus, that poor teacher.
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350368#Comment_3503682013-03-23T04:46:52-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Kradlumhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3664
It should be protecting pupils from some of the more, er, challenging realities of adult life, not forcing them down their throats.
Maybe the school should ask Richard Littlejohn to come in and ...
It should be protecting pupils from some of the more, er, challenging realities of adult life, not forcing them down their throats.

Maybe the school should ask Richard Littlejohn to come in and explain to the pupils that their teacher probably killed herself due to press harassment.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350369#Comment_3503692013-03-23T04:57:04-05:002013-03-23T05:24:54-05:00curbhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1334
Plus, y'know, explain why he knows better than the teachers and parents who quite rightly supported Lucy staying on at the school.
Of course, Littlejohn has plenty of form on this front. The most ...
Of course, Littlejohn has plenty of form on this front. The most pertinent stuff is from the 4.50 mark or thereabouts, but it's all good.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350376#Comment_3503762013-03-23T09:49:17-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Woodhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5205
The CIA's secret experiments to turn cats into spies
In the 1960s, the Central Intelligence Agency recruited an unusual field agent: a cat. In an hour-long procedure, a veterinary surgeon ...
The CIA's secret experiments to turn cats into spies

In the 1960s, the Central Intelligence Agency recruited an unusual field agent: a cat. In an hour-long procedure, a veterinary surgeon transformed the furry feline into an elite spy, implanting a microphone in her ear canal and a small radio transmitter at the base of her skull, and weaving a thin wire antenna into her long gray-and-white fur. This was Operation Acoustic Kitty, a top-secret plan to turn a cat into a living, walking surveillance machine. The leaders of the project hoped that by training the feline to go sit near foreign officials, they could eavesdrop on private conversations.

The problem was that cats are not especially trainable—they don’t have the same deep-seated desire to please a human master that dogs do—and the agency’s robo-cat didn’t seem terribly interested in national security. For its first official test, CIA staffers drove

Acoustic Kitty to the park and tasked it with capturing the conversation of two men sitting on a bench. Instead, the cat wandered into the street, where it was promptly squashed by a taxi.

Your tax money at work, Americans.]]>
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350378#Comment_3503782013-03-23T10:18:17-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00trini_naenaehttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=183
@Wood - I should not find that so hilarious, but I do. I mean, I feel sorry for the cat - especially since it got run over. But everything else about it... seriously guys? Clearly the CIA mad ...
NEWSTRANGE -- the Informus Thread (January 2013)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10957&Focus=350382#Comment_3503822013-03-23T11:52:30-05:002015-03-31T15:58:52-05:00Woodhttp://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5205
Meanwhile in actual news :
Ethnic violence erupts in Burma leaving scores dead
In which I was particularly impressed by this part :
Burmese monks have often been involved in sectarian violence, ...
Ethnic violence erupts in Burma leaving scores deadIn which I was particularly impressed by this part :

Burmese monks have often been involved in sectarian violence, with anti-Muslim protests in Mandalay led by the saffron-robed religious leaders last year. Meikhtila is no different. One monk, who wielded a foot-long sword, threatened an Associated Press journalist and demanded his camera, while other monks attempted to drag a group of reporters out of a van.

Peter Scott, who has died aged 82, was a highly accomplished cat burglar, and as Britain’s most prolific plunderer of the great and good took particular pains to select his victims from the ranks of aristocrats, film stars and even royalty.

Always a meticulous planner, Scott bought a new suit before each job, so that he would not look out of place in the premises he was burgling. Fear, the possibility of capture, excited him.

During one break-in “a titled lady appeared at the top of the stairs. 'Everything’s all right, madam,’ I shouted up, and she went off to bed thinking I was the butler.” On other occasions, if disturbed by the occupier, he would shout reassuringly: “It’s only me!”

To the impassive detectives who arrested him, Scott quoted a line from WE Henley: “Under the bludgeonings of chance, my head is bloody but unbowed.” He often drew on literary allusions, quoting Confucius, Oscar Wilde and Proust.

“The people I burgled got rich by greed and skulduggery. They indulged in the mechanics of ostentation — they deserved me and I deserved them. If I rob Ivana Trump, it is just a meeting of two different kinds of degeneracy on a dark rooftop.”